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ROMANIA
South-East European Cooperation Process
(SEECP)
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Romania in SEECP
NATO considered the SEECP activity complementary to its own actions of maintaining peace, stability and security in South-Eastern Europe
EU also included the SEECP on the participants list to the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe (Cologne and Sarajevo, June-July, 1999).
the most important contribution of the Romanian CiO was the signing of the "Charter on Good-Neighborly Relations, Stability, Security and Cooperation in South-Eastern Europe" (Bucharest, February 12, 2000), which is the fundamental document of this regional structure of co-operation.
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Romanian PH System
Since 1990 Romanian health sector has begun its slow transition from a centralized system, to a social health insurance system
Since 1995, regulations with major impact on the health system at all levels have been adopted
In 2006 a comprehensive legislative package replaced almost all the reform initiatives and decisions: the Health Reform Law no.95/04.2006. For the first time, all reform regulations are included in a single document, structured on levels of healthcare and major topics regarding the system reform.
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Health status of the population
Significant problems: CVD mortality rates have increased from 1996, the main
killer being ischemic heart diseases and cerebro-vascular diseases
Cancer mortality rates showed also an increase, in particular breast cancer, cervical cancer, colorectal and lung cancers
The incidence of tuberculosis increased from 64.6%000 in 1990 to 105.7%000 in 2005
The incidence HIV/AIDS increased from 6.5%000 in 1990 to 45.4%000 in 2005.
Missing of a management plan for reduction of air pollution
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Health status of the population
Areas of success: Implementation of the Phare project ‘Improvement of Health Status
Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity in the Framework of Health Care Reform RO 2002/000-586.04.11.03. with creation of the National Centre for Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases
Life expectancy at birth increased from 66.56 (males) and 72.65 (females) in 1990 to 68.19 (males) and 75.47 (females) in 2005
Infant mortality decreased from 24.1%0 in 1990 to 12.4%0 in 2005. But respiratory disease, especially pneumonia, still remain the main cause of death in children
Infectious and parasitic diseases decreased from 19.2%000 (male) and 7.1%000 (female) in 1990 to 18.3 (male) and 6.0 %000 (female) in 2005
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Governance and Policy in the field of Public Health Services
Significant problems: Mobilization of community participation for the
identification of health needs The insufficient development of protocols for common
use of standards and databases interfaces. It is necessary in order to prevent inconsistencies in reporting, the losses of data sources and multiple requests of the same data
Surveillance of non-communicable diseases remains a problem for the policy makers
The insufficient number of personnel in health promotion;
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Governance and Policy in the field of Public Health Services
Areas of success:
Development of policies, strategies and public health programmes - National Health Programs Agency from Ministry of Public Health ;
Epidemiologic surveillance, prevention and control of diseases - The National Centre for Control of Communicable Diseases;
The Health Insurance Law provides the framework for free market and competition within provided health services;
Integration of public health concepts, findings, evidences into policies and local strategies for health programs;
The new strategy for decentralization of the Ministry of Public Health is in course of elaboration;
The basic services package is stated in legislation and it is accessible to every person insured.
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Socio-economic factors, focusing on the social
determinants of health
Weak points
An insufficient and over used technology
The poor population with a low health status
Not all quantitative socio-economic indicators are presented in a systematic way in order to enable predictions and comparisons
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Socio-economic factors, focusing on the social determinants of health
Strong points:
Macroeconomic stability
The majority of population is open to make qualitative and quantitative changes in order to improve their quality of life
New financial sources and resources for Romania as a EU Member
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Conclusions
Regional cooperation in health is important for the SEE countries desiring to become EU Members
Health has an important contribution to the economic development of the countries
Understanding the challenges in reforming and developing the public health services, as well as the opportunities available to improve the health of the population will help to build appropriate policies, systems and services for the development of PHS in the SEE region.