FOURTH CONGRESS OF THE MACEDONIAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, DIALYSIS, TRANSPLANTATION AND ARTIFICIAL ORGANS (MSNDTAO), OHRID, 21–24 JUNE 2012

摘要

The Macedonian Society of Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation and Artificial Organs (MSNDTVO) held its Fourth Congress with international par-ticipation from 21 to 24 June 2012, in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia. The Euro-pean Renal Association ¨C European Dialysis and Transplantation Association (ERA-EDTA) was a patron of this congress with support in the form of a one-day course for Continuing Medical Education (CME) and with a number of topics presented from members of the group for development of recommenda-tions (European Renal Best Practice ¨C ERBP group). For the first time at this Congress, and in general in the region, support and auspices were received from the International Transplantation Society (TTS), in the context of the main theme of the Congress ¨C the development of renal transplantation not only in the Republic of Macedonia but also in the Balkans. Also, as a parallel event, a 1.5 day workshop was held on "Technical requirements for organ and tissue donation and transplan-tation" with support from the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange body of the European Council ¨C TAIEX, which organizationally and scientifically sup-ports candidate countries in their educational projects and, within the South Eastern Europe Health Network, co-operation through the regional health development centre for transplantation and organ donation from the Republic of Croatia. Other sponsors were: the International Faculty for Artificial Organs ¨C IFAO, the European Society for Paediatric Nephrology ¨C ESPN and the Inter-national Paediatric Nephrology Association ¨C IPNA