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q) Referring center in public health for zoonozes;
r) Referring center in the area of public health for health and educational promotion;
s) Analyzing, evaluating and managing the health protection of special categories of the
population with social medical importance as well the malignity, cardiovascular, diabetes
diseases and similar:
t) Gathering, processing and analyzing of the records from the System of health
information (SHI) and proposing the measures for advancement and managing of SHI;
u) Gathering, processing and analyzing ofthe records from the System of geographical
Information (SGI) and proposing the measures for advancement and managing of SGI;
The law details the roles and responsibilities of the National Institite of Public Health across a
large range of areas.
11. Law on Blood Tranfusion and Blood Products 02/L-101 and 2008/7
This law gives the MOH the role of regulating blood collection and use via sub legal acts
including ensuring quality requirements for blood donation facilities, conditions for unused
blood products, and record keeping. The National Centre for Blood Transfusion has detailed
responsibilities relating to blood collection, storage, use, educaiton of workers and information
(5).
12. Law on Narcotics, Psychotropic Drugs and Precursers 02/L-128 and 2008/10
MOH licenses entities for importing, exporting, and other activies relating to drugs through the
Kosovo Agency for Medical Products; Committee for Narcotics has some coordination and
strategy roles (6); in copperation with this Committee, MOH is responsible for the action plan
on prevention, treatment and rehabilitiation of dependent illnesses (7); MOH is required to
ensure the National Institute of Publi Health keeps appropriate data (32)
13. Law on Prevention and Fighting Infectious Diseases 02/L-109 and 2008/23
MOH has a very broad mandate (48) that includes the following roles:
Adopts the program and determines measures for prevention and fighting the infectious
diseases which jeopardize the whole country;
Organizes the work for administrative competent authorities, other Ministries that get engaged
in eradication of a specific infectious disease and for application the protection measures from
infectious diseases, in cases of an epidemic which jeopardizes the whole country.
MOH has an overall supervision role in relation to the work of health insitutions on infectious
diseases (4) including via the plans of the National Institute for Public Health (9) which reports
to the MOH on aspects of disease prevention and control (12); and has other roles in
association with the National Insitute of Public Health relating to quarantine. MOH regulates
matters relating to outbreaks and risks (34, 41); receives reports from municipalies (46); and
holds powers to issues mandatory instructions (47).
14. Law on Abortion
Sets out the legal basis for abortion and the services to be provided.
15. Law on Local Self Government
Sets out the inclusion of primary health care and public health as municipality responsibilities
(17) and secondary care for selected municipalities (20).
16. Law on Local Government Finance
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