Serbian Public Health Institute

"No diseases after floods, danger still not over"

BELGRADE -- The epidemiological situation is stable in the areas recently hit by severe floods in Serbia but the risks of potential diseases have not been ruled out yet.

This is what the Parliamentary Committee on Health and Family stated at its Monday session.

Region to jointly combat diseases in aftermath of floods

MOROVIIĆ -- Health ministers of Serbia, Croatia and the Serb Republic (RS) in Bosnia agreed on Tuesday on a common strategy for the fight against infectious diseases.

These diseases could threaten the countries in the region after the flooding.

MOROVIC - Health ministers of Serbia, Croatia and Republika Srpska (RS), the Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH), reached an agreement Tuesday on a common strategy for the fight against infectious diseases threatening the countries in the region after the flooding.

BELGRADE - The situation in Serbia is tragic, and the World Health Organization (WHO) is assessing the current state, primarily in relation to the supply of drinking water and sanitary conditions so as to propose measures for public health prevention, WHO senior official Oliver Schmoll said in a statement to Tanjug.

WHO expert: Situation in Serbia "tragic"

BELGRADE -- The World Health Organization is assessing the current situation in Serbia primarily when it comes to the supply of drinking water and sanitary conditions.

The organization is doing so as to propose measures for public health prevention, WHO senior official Oliver Schmoll said in a statement to Tanjug.