DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL
PROGRAMME FOR ELIMINATION
OF ASBESTOS-RELATED DISEASES
IN MACEDONIA
DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL
PROGRAMME FOR ELIMINATION
OF ASBESTOS-RELATED DISEASES
IN MACEDONIA
Author(s): Jordan Minov, Jovanka Karadzinska BislimovskaSubject(s): Governance, Welfare systems, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Центар за регионални истражувања и соработка Студиорум
Summary/Abstract: The exposure to asbestos can cause many diseases including lung cancer,mesothelioma, asbestosis and benign pleural diseases (pleural plaques,thickening and effusions). Research results confirm that exposure to asbestosis a risk factor for laryngeal and ovarian cancer and most probably forother localizations of malignancies. Asbestos exposure occurs most oftenin the occupational environment but also in the environment (communal orresidential exposure), i.e. asbestos-related diseases can be acquired in bothoccupational and living settings.The policy brief addressing the issue of asbestos-related diseases andthe situation with asbestos in the Republic of Macedonia has been preparedto initiate the development of a National programme for eliminationof asbestos-related diseases using the WHO/ILO methodology. The documentbuilds upon the principles of WHO Health 2020 – the new Europeanhealth policy framework and strategy for the 21st century - and contributesto the development of a National Health 2020 Strategy in the Republic ofMacedonia.
Journal: ЕВРОДИЈАЛОГ Списание за европски прашања
- Issue Year: 1/2015
- Issue No: 20
- Page Range: 159-169
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
