Strengthening COVID-19 surveillance capacities in Montenegro

The COVID-19 pandemic has exerted a great stress on the health systems worldwide. The best results in the fight against coronavirus have been achieved by those systems that scaled up surveillance, testing and contact tracing. This project aims to increase the capacities of Montenegrin health system to prevent, detect and trace COVID-19 cases. This nine-month […]

Support to COVID-19 crisis response in Montenegro

The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted the economy and deepened social vulnerabilities around the world, including in Montenegro. It is expected that the aftershocks of the pandemic will continue to be felt for years to come, with existing vulnerabilities only compounding. In that respect, support measures are needed for businesses and individuals to alleviate the […]

Procurement of laboratory equipment, testing kits and consumables for simultaneous analyses of large numbers of respiratory samples for the detection of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused global challenges and economic crises that are yet to unfold. It has also led to changes in everyday life and made everyone familiar with terms such as endemic, pandemic, cluster, transmission and above all, PCR (polymerase chain reaction) testing. PCR machines are cost-effective and highly efficient tools. PCR testing is […]

MELAdetect – Early detection of melanoma of the skin, mucous membranes and eyes

The EU provides substantial financial support to cancer prevention and treatment. It does so in order to help more people to live without cancer and enable more cancer patients to be diagnosed earlier and have a better quality of life after treatment. This project looked to raise awareness and improve methods for the prevention and […]

Implementation of the European Blood Transfusion System

The European Blood Directive covers all steps in the transfusion process and sets the quality and safety standards for blood in EU Member States. All countries that aspire to join the EU must reach such quality and safety standards. Montenegro is no exception. It has started the modernisation of its blood transfusion system and the […]