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South Eastern European Journal 
of Public Health 
Special Volume No. 4, 2022 

 
 

Health status of the populations 
and health sector reforms 

in Albania and Kosovo 



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Executive Editor 
 
Prof. Dr. Genc Burazeri PhD 
Faculty of Medicine, St. Dibres, No. 371, Tirana, Albania, and 
CAPHRI, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, 
6200 MD, Maastricht, the Netherlands 
Email: genc.burazeri@maastrichtuniversity.nl and: gburazeri@gmail.com 
Skype: genc.burazeri 

 
 
Volume Editor 

 
Dr. Naim Jerliu 
Faculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina and National Insitute of Public Health of Kosovo, 
Str. Insituti Shëndetësor, nn. 10000, 
Prishtina, Kosovo 
Email: naim.jerliu@uni-pr.edu 

 

Assistant Executive Editor 
 
Kreshnik Petrela BA 
Tirana, Albania 
Email: kreshnikp@gmail.com 

 
 

Technical Editor 
 
Meri Roshi BA 
Tirana, Albania 
Email: meriroshi90@gmail.com 

 
 

Publisher 
 
Dr. Hans Jacobs 
Jacobs Publishing House 
Am Prinzengarten 1 
D 32756 Detmold, Germany 
Email: info@jacobs-verlag.de 
Phone: +49 5231 6161885 

 
 
The publication of the South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH) is organised in 
cooperation with the Bielefeld University Library. 

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SEEJPH 
South Eastern European 
Journal of Public Health 

www.seejph.com/ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Special Volume 4, 2022 
Publisher: Jacobs/Germany 

ISSN 2197-5248 

http://www.seejph.com/


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ISSN2197-5248 DOI 10.11576/seejph-5761 10.4119/UNIBI/SEEJPH-2016- 
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South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (Open Access Journal). 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Table of contents 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Original Research 

Epidemiological profile 
and incidence of brain 
tumors in Kosovo 

Sefedin Muçaj, Naser Ramadani, 
Serbeze Kabashi-Muçaj, Naim 
Jerliu, Albiona Rashiti- Bytyci1, 
Sanije Hoxha 

Overview on 
epidemiological and 
clinical manifestation 
of COVID-19 in 
Albanian adults 

Najada Çomo, Esmeralda Meta, 
Migena Qato, Nevila Gjermeni, 
Entela Kolovani, Pellumb Pipero, 
Arjan Harxhi, Dhimiter Kraja 

Technical efficiency 
of Kosovo public 
hospitals 

Emiljan Karma, Silvana 
Gashi 

Level of 
satisfaction and 
socio-
demographic 
correlates among 
users of primary 
health care 
services in 
Kosovo 

Haxhi Kamberi, Vanesa 
Tanushi, Muhamet Kadrija, 
Safete , Kamberi, Naim 
Jerliu 

Assessment of 
mother-to-child 
HIV prevention 
program in 
Albania 

Enkeleda Prifti, Enxhi 
Vrapi, Marjeta Dervishi, 
Aldo Shpuza, Justyna D 
Kowalska, Arjan Harxhi 
 

 
Review Articles 

Overview on health status 
of the 
Albanian population 

Iris Mone, Bledar Kraja, Enver Roshi, 
Genc Burazeri 

 
Policy Brief 

Improving nutrition and 
health among Albanian 
schoolchildren 

Jolanda Hyska 

 
Case Studies 

Nonoperative 
management for major 
blunt hepatic trauma in a 
3-year-old child 

Dritan Cela, Valmira Abilaliaj, Aldo 
Shpuza 
 

 


	Prof. Dr. Genc Burazeri PhD
	Dr. Naim Jerliu
	Kreshnik Petrela BA
	Dr. Hans Jacobs
	Copyright 2022 by Jacobs Publishing House: Am Prinzengarten 1, D 32756 Detmold, Germany
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