Subject: Health for All Project Newsletter - January 2024

Steering Committee Meeting, Forum on HBC, trainings and activities





Newsletter of the Health for All Project | Jan. 2024

HAP Distributes 649 Bags With Physical Examination Tools for Family Doctors and Nurses

During December 2023, HAP distributed 649 medical bags to family doctors and nurses in health centres selected by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection in Tirana, Durrës, Elbasan, Berat, Korçë, and Shkodër.

ACTIVITIES

September-November 2023 brought together family doctors and nurses in important training sessions related to improving healthcare for the elderly and implementing protocols for non-communicable diseases.

Representatives of the Primary Health Care services and the Health for All Project (HAP) conducted a two-day working visit to Pristina to learn more about the interventions implemented in the framework of these two projects to improve the quality of primary healthcare services.

The training sessions for family healthcare professionals on the implementation of the “Guide for Management of Mental Health Disorders in Primary Healthcare” have concluded successfully. Participants included family doctors, nurses, social workers, and psychologists from 29 health centres in  Durrës, Elbasan, Fier, Burrel, Korçë, and Shkodër.

INTERVIEW

Learn how HAP’s interventions in the Vorë Health Centre – from the infrastructure and staff training to the introduction of new services – have improved the quality of healthcare service provided to the 20,000 residents this centre covers. A conversation with Dr. Shkëndije Kuçi, director of the Vorë Health Centre.

                                                           Read the full interview >>>

NEWS

On the 17th Meeting of the Steering Committee participants expressed appreciation for the successful implementation of the project’s activities during Year 1 of the Consolidation Phase and discussed the challenges and priorities for December 2023-March 2024.

The forum titled “Experience of Home Healthcare Implementation in Albania” engaged participants in discussions on the experience, challenges and successes of implementing home-based care with the aim of identifying strategies to improve the implementation of this service.

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Health for All is a Project of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation that is being implemented in Albania by the Swiss Institute of Health and Tropical Medicine. The Project's overall goal is that the Albanian population benefits from better health due to improved and inclusive primary health care.


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