MUNICIPAL GUIDELINES FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION 2011-2013
Dragash
Provide further professional training for teachers. Improve pedagogic capacities of teachers and promote modern teaching methods. Support investment in infrastructure and equipping subject-specific classrooms.
Health Situational context In Dragash municipality there is one main Centre of Family Medicine (Dragash town 24 hour assistance), five Centers of Family Medicine and eight Health Ambulance Centers (local health centers). The criteria to establish and staff a Center of Family Medicine or a Health Ambulance Center are as follows: - Health Ambulance Center per 6,000 inhabitants - Center of Family Medicine per 10,000 inhabitants - Main Center of Family Medicine per 100,000 inhabitants - 1 doctor and 2 nurses per 2,000 in habitants
In the municipality there are 22 doctors (all male), 53 nurses (23 female, 30 male) and an estimated population of 47,000 which according to the health policy of Kosovo, meets the health care standards of staff-patient ratio.. Since 2009 the medical services in the municipality have notably improved according to indicators on the quality of services and population health. In 2009 Maternal mortality was 0%, infant mortality 0.6% and the immunity scale in Dragash was the highest of Kosovo. There are
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services providing health education and family planning and miscarriages and unwanted pregnancies are declining. The rate of disease transmission has reduced with 858cases of contagious diseases recorded in 2009 , which is very low when compared with other municipalities (for example, the number of contagious disease cases recorded in Prizren in just one month in 2009 was 1,332). The main health services provided in the Main Family Medicine Center are: family health service, pediatric, gynecology, dental, emergency, specialist services, diagnostic, and medicaments supply. Every month the staff receives refreshment lectures by local and national experts. Problems Even though continuous efforts are made to improve health services, the health system is still in need of further investment in infrastructure, staff, working tools and materials.
Due to budgetary constrai nts not all villages have a health centre. Nevertheless a zoning exercise has been carried out to ensure that all villages are catered for by the existing centres. There is no female doctor and it is difficult for women to access to gynecological services, as it is difficult for women to travel to Dragash town and the only gynecologist must stay in Dragash, therefore cannot go to the villages.