TOWARDS MORE EFFICIENT CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF BRUCELLOSIS IN THE SOUTH EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

摘要

The International MetaNET Project Thematic Scientific Conference: "Brucellosis in the South Eastern European and Mediterranean Region" which was held in Straga, Republic of Macedonia, from 12 to 14 November 2009 (www.brucellosis09.iph.mk) was useful and beneficial on several counts. More than 150 experts from almost 20 SEE and other countries in Europe and beyond participated in the Conference and created a network for further intersectoral cooperation among the medical and veterinary professions. Representatives from certain international organizations also joined the conference, i.e. FAO, the European Commission and WHO. A special contribution to the conference's high international scientific level was made by ten invited top-level experts on brucellosis as keynote lecturers from various countries in the world: two from USA and two from Germany, and one from each of the following countries: Argentina, Great Britain, Israel, Norway and Spain.