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Geographical Locations - Romania
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Country Information
- (Statistical) Number of Inhabitants per Doctor: 560
- CIA World Factbook : Romania
Organisations and Networks
UN and Multinational
Government
Non-Government
- Children's Relief Network
"A non-profit, non-sectarian organization founded in 1994, dedicated to the support of the Bucharest Street Children's Project. In our efforts to rescue abandoned/orphaned children who end up on the streets, we have opened two homes. The Villa of Hope Boy's Home and the House of Hope Girl's Shelter provide a permanent residence with 24 hour daily care. The Hope Rescue Center provides food, medical attention and a message of hope to kids still on the streets which literally keeps them alive"
Academic Institutions
- Institute of Public Health
"Cluj-Napoca, Romania, formerly known as Institute of Hygiene, then Medical Center for Health Services and Management, was founded in 1930 as a medical public institution by Professor Iuliu Moldovan. The activity of this Institute was primarily focused to the field-oriented preventive medicine, strongly related to the existing main public health problems in Transylvania and in Romania as well. Highly qualified technical assistance was and is provided to all the Inspectorates of Public Health from the 10 districts of Transylvania"
National Policy and Related Documents
Reports, Guidelines, and Projects
- Congenital Malformation Prevalence in Cluj District between 2003-2007
Introduction: Congenital anomalies represent a significant cause of premature birth, of child morbidity and mortality. From 200000 new born per year, over 10000 presented malformations. Epidemiologic studies have shown that the incidence of malformations is increasing and varies upon geographic features, race and gender. Perinatal mortality is generated in 66.66% of cases by congenital malformations, illnesses from perinatal period and the rest of them is generated by the birth. Material and Method: The study was retrospective and was carried on for a period of five years (2003-2007) based on medical records and on laboratory results, (especially those for TORCH screening: toxoplasmosis, rubella, cytomegalovirus, and herpes virus). Results: Major structural anomalies were present at 39.51% (388 cases) of 982 patients which were registered in Genetic Pathology Center from Pediatric Clinics I, Cluj-Napoca. Diagnosed abnormalities included: congenital malformations of circulatory, respiratory, digestive, central nervous system, congenital malformations of skeletal system, Down syndrome, which is consistent with results of other studies showing that the most common are heart abnormalities (33.06%), followed in descending order of frequency by urinary, genital, CNS, skin, oral-facial cleft and digestive anomalies. Conclusions: Early detection of major malformation during early pregnancy can indicate for medical termination of pregnancy to reduce the high morbidity and mortality of neonates due to congenital malformations. So proper and timely counselling, regular antenatal care with folate supplementation especially during the most sensitive period of embryogenesis is essential to avoid major congenital malformation for future pregnancy. [author abstract] [Applied Medical Informatics, Vol. 25, No. 3-4, pp: 37-46, 2009]
- Health and the Roma Community: analysis of the situation in Europe – Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain
"The Roma community is the largest ethnic minority in Europe and is characterised primarily by the situation of social exclusion and wide-ranging poverty experienced by a significant proportion of its members. Inadequate access to housing, education, employment and other needs, along with the existence of barriers to Roma access to health services and an ineffective use of these services due to their lack of adaptation and even to discrimination, all contribute to a range of avoidable injustices suffered by this community with regard to their health situation. These health inequalities are not reflected in reliable and up-to-date statistics or data, a fact which further hinders the planning of targeted interventions designed to reduce and ultimately eliminate inequality. The European project “Health and the Roma Community, Analysis of the Situation in Europe”, promoted by the Fundacion Secretariado Gitano, was implemented in 2007 to analyse the health situation of Europe’s Roma community, to address social inequalities in the area of health and to suggest policies and actions based on reliable knowledge designed to improve the health status of Europe’s Roma community and to reduce inequality. This project, funded by the European Union within the framework of the Public Health Programme, was implemented in seven European Union countries (Greece, Spain, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Portugal, Romania and Bulgaria) with the participation of public and private entities from the different participating countries and under the coordination of the Fundacion Secretariado Gitano." [EFXINI POLI – Local Authorities for Social, Cultural, Tourist, Environmental and Agricultural Development. Greece; FSG – Fundacion Secretariado Gitano. Spain; Office of the Council for Roma Community Affairs – Czech Republic; PDCS – Partners for Democratic Change Slovakia; REAPN – Rede Europeia Anti-Pobreza/Portugal; ROMANI CRISS – Roma Center for Social Interventions and Studies. Romania; and THRPF – The Health of Romany People Foundation. Bulgaria, Madrid 2009]
- Toxoplasmic Infection in Pregnant Women from Cluj County and Neighbouring Area
Toxoplasmosis is an antropozoonosis very frequent in population as a benign usually asymptomatic disease. The problems are raised by the congenital form of this disease that may occur if the women acquire the parasite during pregnancy leading to congenital toxoplasmosis. In order to prevent congenital toxoplasmosis many countries have screening programs design to diagnose the acute infection during fertile age of female population. Our prospective serologic study over a selected group of 510 pregnant women in Cluj county area showed a 39 % prevalence of toxoplasmic infection among women of fertile age, with a predominance of acute toxoplasmic infection during first trimester of pregnancy (66.66%), representing the predominant cause of abortion in our study group. Annual infection risk for female population aged 20-33 years old is K = 0.67% in our geographic area. A 4 % of cases had IgM persistence for more than 1-year period, and another 7% demonstrate positive IgM along with positive IgG raising the possibility of persistency to 11% of cases. We find out that half of women address laboratory by their own initiative and we calculate that medium age of pregnant women with toxoplasmic immunity (positive IgG) was 28 years old. [author abstract] [Applied Medical Informatics, Vol. 23, No. 3-4, pp: 31-36, 2008]
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