ORGANIZING SANITARY-EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SERVICE IN NEW YUGOSLAVIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600310537-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 12, 2011
• Sequence Number: 537
• Publication Date: May 31, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
Medical - Public health
Book
Belgrade
Oct 19+8
REPORT
CD f:0.
DATE OF
DATE DIST. 3~ ~y 1950
REPORT
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ORGANIZIN^: SANiTA1~Y-EP1vEMI0LOGICAL SERVICE IN NEW YUGOSLAVIA
Cernozubov
Belgrade
Numerous active and hidden nidi of infectious diseases erupted into large-
scale epidemics during the People?s War of Liberation. The period after the
liberation was characterized by a high morbidity rate in nearly all our domestic
acute infections, New epidemiological problems also arose during this period;
large-scale epidemics of relapsing fever have already been raging for 3 years,
especially in Eastern Bosnia; hospital fever is always scattered through almost
all of Bosnia, and in certain regions of Macedonia, Kosovo, and Metohija.
Kala-azar has appeared in regions where it was unknown before the war. In
1946, an especially acute form of malaria appeared in Macedonia. Acute intesti-
nal diseases, typhus, and 3ysentery, occurred in twice the prewar morbidity ?,~
rate. Sanitation and the sanitary conditions of dwellings, especially those in
regions which suffered during +,he war, are on a very loW level. 'On the other
hand, extensive rebuilding of the country confronted our service with the vital
problem of preserving the productive forces of our new state. All this shows
what tremendous tasks and difficulties face our sanitary-epidemiological ser-
vice in the immediate postwar period. ~,
Hygienic and epidemiological service in the old Yugoslavia, during the
first decade after World War I, was progressive in character. However, the
monarcho-fascist dictatorship which took over, on 6 January 1929, completely
paralyzed further development of this service. This fact, plus the acute
shortage of. qualified personnel caused the difficulties encountered by our
sanitary-epidemiological service after the war. While it .inherited +.he ma-
teriel basis in the existing hygiene institutions, the service did not succeed
in immediately activating them and reorienting itself in the spirit of our new
social existence. 'The. acute shortage of personnel is still the worst obstacle
in this work. Much time was lost in the search for suitable forms of service
instead of immediately setting about reactivating personnel and materiel in-
herited from .the old Yugoslavia, which could be immediately incorporated into
the system of people's power.
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However, ir. spite of the delay, considerable efforts have recently been
made to train new per:.onnel a:d to requalify the old. Lacking a centrsl direc-
tive, each :-epubli.c formed it; eim system on an a3 hoc basis. This resulted
in irregalar?ity of service which ir. turn led to a lack of clear evidence con-
cerning eenditions aa~d :exults achieved. ~~nly recently, with the passing of
the Basic L~+-= on Gani~ary Trspection and +,he a?aeral Luw on Prevention and Con-
trol of T:?fectious I)is~~se1, -sera th~ fcundatiana lai~?,_'or the still incomplete
formation oi' our sanitaryy epidemic?].ogicaJ. s.e?vice to f~zt:~.y realize the fol-
lowing prirclples.
1. Unity r,,f ;.y_i~.ary and A,G.tiepidemic service ae the bae:is of sanitary
inspection.
2. Education cf nev perecnnel in the ~p:.rit of the unity of p~:eventive
and curative work.
3. Reorga_~~i2ation of the serv'.ce to suit the tasks arising out of the
Five-Year Plan for Economir_ Derrelopment ir. tha FPRY.
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