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| Health Activities |
When it comes to health activities, the task of Red Cross of Serbia, is in the first place preventive work, advice giving and education. In this context, the following activities are taking place:
- World TB day, under the slogan »TB OR NOT TB«: this was the first year that this date was marked in Serbia, but the interest was significant, so it is necessary that the project that was started with IFRC help – printing the leaflet and brochure for TB prevention - is completed. On the 24th of March, only the poster was presented. Feedback from the field tells us that this was a well planned and much needed activity.
- World health day, under the slogan »Healthy and safe environment for our children, our legacy for the future«, however the poster advertising this activity was finished only after the date and this is something to be taken into consideration for the future activities. Feedback from the field confirms this. A lot of the branches have created their own posters for this date.
- The goal of health prevention project »Healthy lifestyles« is to unify all health prevention projects that have existed so far and to round up the education of volunteers who have chosen this area of knowledge. Part of this project is the survey among volunteers to establish the exact number of volunteers in all areas of work. The aim of this survey is to reach the exact number of existing volunteers in local branches throughout the republic.
- Red Cross of Serbia has published a brochure for RC volunteers who want to work on improving health and promotion of healthy life styles. This brochure is entitled »Let us make health itself healthier«. Publishing of this brochure was financed by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the number of copies is 1000.
- With IFRC financial support, Red Cross of Serbia has organised two educational seminars for RC volunteers, the first one in Belgrade, December 2003, the second one in Zrenjanin, April 2003. In total, 60 branches with three representatives each were covered.
- The action called »Working weekend« is a regular activity each spring and it is mostly done in branches with rural population, but is also done in cities as a special activity in schools called »The most beautiful schoolyard«, or »The prettiest garden« etc. On these occasions, along with the RC volunteers, the visits to rural households are paid by doctors or pharmacists or respected members of the local community who had left their birthplace, a small celebration takes place, medications are distributed, examinations are being done...
- Anti – AIDS campaign raises special interest among RC volunteers every year because this is a large scale activity and is different in features every time. This activity is a joined effort with JAZAS, Student polyclinic, with financial support from IFRC.
- Anti-Tuberculosis week (14-21/09) has been marked this year under the slogan “Healthy lifestyles against the disease”
- Planned: publishing a leaflet and a brochure on respiratory apparatus diseases, donor needed.
- World TB day, under the slogan »TB OR NOT TB«: this was the first year that this date was marked in Serbia, but the interest was significant, so it is necessary that the project that was started with IFRC help – printing the leaflet and brochure for TB prevention - is completed. On the 24th of March, only the poster was presented. Feedback from the field tells us that this was a well planned and much needed activity.
- World health day, under the slogan »Healthy and safe environment for our children, our legacy for the future«, however the poster advertising this activity was finished only after the date and this is something to be taken into consideration for the future activities. Feedback from the field confirms this. A lot of the branches have created their own posters for this date.
- The goal of health prevention project »Healthy lifestyles« is to unify all health prevention projects that have existed so far and to round up the education of volunteers who have chosen this area of knowledge. Part of this project is the survey among volunteers to establish the exact number of volunteers in all areas of work. The aim of this survey is to reach the exact number of existing volunteers in local branches throughout the republic.
- Red Cross of Serbia has published a brochure for RC volunteers who want to work on improving health and promotion of healthy life styles. This brochure is entitled »Let us make health itself healthier«. Publishing of this brochure was financed by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the number of copies is 1000.
- With IFRC financial support, Red Cross of Serbia has organised two educational seminars for RC volunteers, the first one in Belgrade, December 2003, the second one in Zrenjanin, April 2003. In total, 60 branches with three representatives each were covered.
- The action called »Working weekend« is a regular activity each spring and it is mostly done in branches with rural population, but is also done in cities as a special activity in schools called »The most beautiful schoolyard«, or »The prettiest garden« etc. On these occasions, along with the RC volunteers, the visits to rural households are paid by doctors or pharmacists or respected members of the local community who had left their birthplace, a small celebration takes place, medications are distributed, examinations are being done...
- Anti – AIDS campaign raises special interest among RC volunteers every year because this is a large scale activity and is different in features every time. This activity is a joined effort with JAZAS, Student polyclinic, with financial support from IFRC.
- Anti-Tuberculosis week (14-21/09) has been marked this year under the slogan “Healthy lifestyles against the disease”
- Planned: publishing a leaflet and a brochure on respiratory apparatus diseases, donor needed.
| Red Cross of Serbia's plan for 2003 |
- Carry on with »Healthy lifestyles« seminars
- Zrenjanin
- Zlatibor
- Leskovac
- Subotica
- Beograd
- Vrnjacka Banja
- Complete the printing of »Let us make the health itself healthier« brochure
- Use the designed form to establish the real number of volunteers involved with heath preventive programmes and their capacities for engagement in their local communities.
- Obtain help from experts from Lung diseases institute in preparing TB brochure and leaflet for printing. IFRC will cover the printing costs.
- Anti - AIDS campaign.
| VOLUNTARY BLOOD DONATION |
Based on the paragraph four of the decree from 1993, revised in 1994, Red Cross is legally obliged to:
- Do a systematic popularisation of blood-donating and motivating the population to donate, using public media (radio and television)
- Provide training for volunteers, especially in municipalities where blood-donating is still underdeveloped
- Organise lectures in companies, schools, institutions and other organisations in order to increase the number of blood-donors
- Prepare contacts with people in charge of blood-collection activities in companies, institutions, schools, university and other organisations in order to prepare actions as well as to promote individual donating
- Produce and distribute posters, brochures and other promotional material
- Provide accolades to individuals who have demonstrated best results in the blood-collecting activities
- Service blood-collecting teams outside the institutions
- Set a committee for voluntary blood donation whose primary task will be improving the process of blood-collecting and increasing the numbers of voluntary blood donors