Conference 2023

Conference 2023

  • President

Olga BURDUNIUC, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Head of Microbiology Laboratory, National Agency for Public Health, President of the Biosafety and Biosecurity Association, Republic of Moldova

  • Honorary members

Ala NEMERENCO, Ministry of Health, Republic of Moldova

Emil CEBAN, Rector Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Professor, Republic of Moldova

  • Organizing committee

Cătălina CROITORU, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Discipline of hygiene, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Republic of Moldova

Stela GHEORGHIȚĂ, OMS, Biroul de țară din Ucraina

Elena CIOBANU, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Discipline of hygiene, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Republic of Moldova

Greta BALAN, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Discipline of microbiology and immunology, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Republic of Moldova 

Serghei CEBANU, PhD, Associate Professor, Head of Department of Preventive Medicine, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Republic of Moldova

Nicolae JELAMSCHI, Director, National Agency for Public Health, PhD, Republic of Moldova

Angela PARASCHIV, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Discipline of epidemiology, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Republic of Moldova

Victoria NISTREANU, PhD, Associate Professor, Head of Center for Research of Terrestrial Fauna, Institute of Zoology, Moldova State University, Republic of Moldova

Nicolae STARCIUC, Professor, Technical University of Moldova, Republic of Moldova

Leonid VLASYK, Dr Hab of Med Sci, Professor, Head of the Department of Hygiene and Ecology, Bukovinian State Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine

Sibel KIRAN, PhD, Professor, Koç University, School of Medicine, Department of Public Health, İstanbul, Türkiye

Joanna SALVI LE GARREC, MD, PhD, Technical officer WHO Europe, Coordinator on Better Labs for Better Health Initiative, Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark 

Peter Sousa HOEJSKOV, Technical Officer – Food Safety & Zoonotic Diseases, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark (coordinator programe in domeniul sigurantei alimentelor si bolilor zoonoze, Biroul european al Organizaţiei Mondiale a Sănătăţii (OMS))

Stanislav GROPPA, Vice-rector for research activity, Professor, Academician, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Republic of Moldova

Nicolae JELAMSCHI, Director, National Agency for Public Health, PhD, Republic of Moldova

Serghei CEBANU, Head of the Department of Preventive Medicine, PhD, MPH, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Republic of Moldova

Ion BAHNAREL, PhD, Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Head of Discipline of hygiene, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Republic of Moldova 

Grigore FRIPTULEAC, PhD, Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Discipline of hygiene, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Republic of Moldova 

Olga BURDUNIUC, PhD, Associate Professor, Head of the Microbiology Laboratory, National Agency for Public Health, President of the Association of Biosecurity and Biosafety, Republic of Moldova

Elena CIOBANU, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Discipline of hygiene, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Republic of Moldova

Cătălina CROITORU, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Discipline of hygiene, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Republic of Moldova

Greta BALAN, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Discipline of microbiology and immunology, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Republic of Moldova

Angela CAZACU-STRATU, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Discipline of hygiene, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Republic of Moldova

Ala OVERCENCO, PhD, National Agency for Public Health, PhD, Republic of Moldova

Alexei CHIRLICI, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Discipline of hygiene, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Republic of Moldova

Carolina LOZAN-TIRSU, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Discipline of microbiology and immunology, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Republic of Moldova

Luminiţa GUŢU, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Discipline of epidemiology, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Republic of Moldova

Diana SPATARU, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Discipline of epidemiology, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Republic of Moldova

Sibel KIRAN, PhD, Professor, Koç University, School of Medicine, Department of Public Health, İstanbul, Türkiye

Leonid VLASYK, Dr Hab of Med Sci, Professor, Head of the Department of Hygiene and Ecology, Bukovinian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine

Lyubov VLASYK, PhD, Associated professor of the Department of Social Medicine and Public Health, Bukovinian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine

Norbert KREUZINGER, dr., technical University of Vienna, Institute for Water Quality and

Resource Management, Vienna, Austria

Joanna SALVI LE GARREC, MD, PhD, Technical officer WHO Europe, Coordinator on Better Labs for Better Health Initiative, Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

Peter Sousa HOEJSKOV, Technical Officer – Food Safety & Zoonotic Diseases, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark

Olena KURIATA, One Health Officer WHO, Country Office in Ukraine

Renata SZYPULSKA, PhD, Consultant for WHO Europe, Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

Monica TARCEA, PhD, professor, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Târgu Mureș, Târgu Mureș, Romania

Abram ZOLTAN, PhD, professor, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Târgu Mureș, Târgu Mureș, Romania

  • Tackling antimicrobial resistance through the ‘One Health’ approach
  • The challenges of climate change for health and the medical system
  • Prevention and reduction of water-related diseases
  • The burden of Zoonotic diseases and Ecohealth approach
  • Biodiversity and Health – perspective of interconnection
  • Varia

 

Workshop 1

REVIEW OF THE UPDATED QUALITY STANDARDS FOR METHOD VALIDATION IN MICROBIOLOGY OF THE FOOD CHAIN AND FOR CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Location:  Clasa Viitorului, str. Ion Creangă 1, Chişinău 

               

Chairs: 

Joanna SALVI LE GARREC, MD, PhD, Technical officer WHO Europe, Coordinator on Better Labs for Better Health Initiative, Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

Olga BURDUNIUC, PhD, Associate Professor, National Agency of Public Health, Republic of Moldova  

Greta BALAN, PhD, Associate Professor, Discipline of Microbiology and Immunology, Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Republic of Moldova

PROGRAMME

10:00-10:15

Registration of the participants 

10:15-11:00

Opening Session 

Joanna SALVI LE GARREC, MD, PhD, Technical officer WHO Europe, Coordinator on Better 

Olga BURDUNIUC, PhD, Associate Professor, National Agency of Public Health, Republic of Moldova

11:00-12:30

Review of the new ISO 15189:2022 – essential updates

Interactive session

Presenters:

Joanna SALVI LE GARREC, MD, PhD, Technical officer WHO Europe,

Coordinator on Better

Renata SZYPULSKA, PhD, Consultant for WHO Europe, Copenhagen, Capital

Region, Denmark

12:30-13:00

Questions & Discussions

13:00- 14:00

Lunch

14:00- 17:00

Quality standards for method validation in microbiology of the food chain: ISO

16140-3: 2021

Interactive session

Presenter:

Renata SZYPULSKA, PhD, Consultant for WHO Europe, Copenhagen, Capital

Region, Denmark

17:00-18:00

 Questions & Discussions  

 

 

Workshop 2

ROUND TABLE: MULTISECTORAL APPROACH IN PREVENTION AND CONTROL COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 

Location:  Clasa Viitorului, str. Ion Creangă 1, Chişinău

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Chairs: 

Peter Sousa HOEJSKOV, One Health approach in prevention future pandemics 

Technical Officer – Food Safety & Zoonotic Diseases, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark

Stela GHEORGHIȚĂ, WHO, Country Office in Ukraine

Olena KURIATA, One Health Officer WHO, Country Office in Ukraine

PROGRAMME

12:00-12:15

Registration of the participants

12:15-12:30

Opening Session

Nicolae JELAMSCHII, Director National Agency for Public Health 

Nicolae FURTUNĂ, Head of Department, Director National Agency for Public Health

12:30-14:00

Multisectoral Collaboration on the Detection and Investigation of Foodborne Outbreaks.


Multisectoral Collaboration on Implementation of the National Action Plan for International Health Regulations (IHR) through One Health Approach.


Panelists : Nicolae Furtuna, Vadim Rața, Ion Bîrcă, Ludmila Lungu, Cristina Sîrbu, Vitalie Caraus, Maxim Sîrbu, Marina Dintiu

14:00-14:30

Coffee Break

14:30-15:45

Multisectoral Collaboration on Implementation of the National Program for Surveillance and Combating Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) through One Health Approach.


Panelists: Nicolae Furtuna, Olga Burduniuc, Ecaterina Busuioc, Vadim Rața, Ion Bîrcă, Ludmila Lungu, Cristina Sîrbu, Vitalie Caraus, Maxim Sîrbu 

15:45-16:30

Questions & Discussions  

 

Workshop 3

CURRENT AFFAIRS IN PLANETARY HEALTH: DRINKING WATER AND GLOBAL WARMING

Location:  Jolly Alon, Maria Cebotari 37 str., Chişinău

 

Chairs:   

Norbert KREUZINGER, dr., technical University of Vienna, Institute for Water Quality and

Resource Management

Cătălina CROITORU, PhD, associate professor 

Elena CIOBANU, PhD, associate professor 

 

PROGRAMME

12:00-12:15

Registration of the participants

12:15-12:20

Opening Session: 

Elena CIOBANU, PhD, associate professor

Leonid VLASIK, Dr Hab of Med Sci, Professor, Head of the Department of Hygiene and Ecology

12:20-14:00

Presenters:

Andrei URSACHE, Norbert KREUZINGER, Svetlana COLAC. Establishing wastewater health surveillance in Moldova: SarsCov-2 monitoring in wastewater in Chisinau 

Leonid VLASIK. Modern problems of drinking water services.

Cătălina CROITORU. News about global warming. 

Elena CIOBANU. Interconnected Realms: Water’s Vital Role in Health and Environmental Harmony.

14:00-14:30

Coffee Break

 

14:30-15:10

Health and Hydration Tips 

Myths vs. Truths about water

Quiz Wheel For Quiz Shows

15:10-15:30

Questions & Discussions  

 

 

 

 

Workshop 4

ONE HEALTH APPROACH IN DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES PREVENTION AND CONTROL ACTION PLANS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL

Location:  Jolly Alon, Maria Cebotari 37 str., Chişinău

 

Chairs: 

Ion ȘALARU, Deputy Director, National Agency for Public Health     

Constantin RÎMIȘ, Public Health Expert, Healthy Life Project „ Reducing the burden of non-communicable diseases in Moldova”, PhD, Associate Professor

 

PROGRAMME

12:00-12:15

Registration of the participants

12:15-12:30

Opening Session:

Ion ȘALARU, deputy director, National Agency for Public Health 

Ala CURTEANU, team leader, Healthy Life Project” Reducing the burden of non-communicable diseases in Moldova”, PhD, Associate professor.

12:30-16:00

Presenters:

Contribution of the Healthy Life Project in developing and implementation of non-communicable diseases prevention and control action plans.

Constantin RÎMIȘ, Healthy Life Project, PhD, Associate professor.

One health approach in implementing non-communicable diseases prevention and control action plans at the district level (experience of seven pilot districts). 

Nelea TABUNCIC, NAPH and representatives of the Territorial Public Health council from seven pilot districts 

14:00-14:30

Coffee Break

16:00-16:30

Questions & Discussions






Workshop 5

ONE HEALTH: WHAT DOES OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH HAVE TO DO?

Location:  Jolly Alon, Maria Cebotari 37 str., Chișinău

 

Chairs: 

Vladilir BERNIC, Chemical Hazards and Toxicology Scientific Laboratory, NAPH, PhD, Associate Professor

Sibel KIRAN, PhD, Professor, Koç University, School of Medicine, Department of Public Health, İstanbul, Türkiye

 

PROGRAMME

12:00-12:15

Registration of the participants

12:15-12:30

Opening Session

Iurie PÎNZARU, Head of the Unite of Occupational Health and Toxicology, NAPH, PhD, Associate Professor

Sibel KIRAN, PhD, Professor, Koç University, School of Medicine, Department of Public Health, İstanbul, Türkiye

12:30-16:00

Presenters:

Iurie PÎNZARU. Occupational Health Services: current obstacles and challenges.

Elena BUCATA. The health of employees in the national economy branches in the Republic of Moldova.

Raisa DELEU, Dumitru CHEPTEA. Identifying priorities and training needs of occupational health specialists.

Sibel KIRAN. TBD

Koray KENZIMAN. TBD

14:00-14:30

Coffee Break

16:00-16:30

Questions & Discussions







Workshop 6

HARM PREVENTION IN SPORT THROW EDUCATION

Location:  University Medical Rehabilitation Centre, 31 August 1989 str., 137

 

Chairs: 

Serghei CEBANU, Head of the Department of Preventive Medicine, PhD, Associate Professor

Artiom JUCOV, Director of Anti-Doping Agency of the Republic of Moldova, PhD, Associate Professor

 

PROGRAMME

12:00-12:15

Registration of the participants

12:15-12:30

Opening Session

Artiom JUCOV, Director of Anti-Doping Agency of the Republic of Moldova, PhD, Associate Professor

Gheorghe ȘTEFANEȚ, Director of the National Centre of Sports Medicine ”Atletmed”

12:30-16:00

Presenters:

Artiom JUCOV. The doping control procedures

Ovidiu TAFUNI. Food addiction: what it is?

Tatiana TIMERCAN. Meldonium – a challenge for sport medicine

Gheorghe ȘTEFANEȚ.  Anti-doping education for athletes

Victoria CHIHAI, Alisa TABIRȚA. Doping phenomenon in medical rehabilitation

practice of athletes.

Ina POGONEA. The effects of drugs on sports performance

14:00-14:30

Coffee Break

16:00-16:30

Questions & Discussions



 

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PROGRAMME – Day 2

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(GMT+03:00) Eastern European Time – Chisinau

Time 

Friday, NOVEMBER 24, 2023

08:30-09:00

Registration of the participants, online 

09:00-09:30

Opening Session

Moderator: Nicolae JELAMSCHI, Director, National Agency for Public Health, Republic of Moldova  

 

Ala NEMERENCO, Ministry of Health, Republic of Moldova

Emil CEBAN, Rector, Professor, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Republic of Moldova 

Iordanca-Rodica IORDANOV, Ministry of the Environment

Vladimir BOLEA, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry

Miljana GRBIC, WHO Representative of the country office, Republic of Moldova

Radu MUSTEATA, General director general, National Food Safety Agency, Republic of Moldova

09:30-10:30

Plenary session

 

Peter Sousa HOEJSKOV, Technical Officer – Food Safety & Zoonotic Diseases, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark. One Health approach in prevention future pandemics (Peter Sousa HOEJSKOV, coordinator programe in domeniul sigurantei alimentelor si bolilor zoonoze, Biroul european al Organizaţiei Mondiale a Sănătăţii (OMS). Abordarea One Health în prevenirea viitoarelor pandemii)

Vladimir BOLEA, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry Moldova. Establishment of One Health Approach in Republic of Moldova.

10:30-11:30

PANEL DISCUSSIONS

Directions and Mechanisms for implementing the National AMR Program. 

Moderator Nicolae JELAMSCHI

 

Ala NEMERENCO, Ministry of Health, Republic of Moldova  

Iordanca-Rodica IORDANOV, Ministry of Environment, Republic of Moldova

Radu MUSTEATA, General director, National Food Safety Agency, Republic of Moldova

Vladimir BOLEA, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry, Republic of Moldova

The volume of abstracts will be fully available until December 15 at https://journal.ohrm.bba.md/index.php/journal-ohrm-bba-md/issue/view/28 

https://journal.ohrm.bba.md/index.php/journal-ohrm-bba-md/issue/archive

  • President: Burduniuc O.
  • Vice-president: Cebanu S.
  • Co-Presidents: Croitoru C., Balan G., Ciobanu E.
  • Cazacu-Stratu A.
  • Paraschiv A.
  • Starciuc N.
  • Tackling antimicrobial resistance through the ‘One Health’ approach
  • The challenges of climate change for health and the medical system
  • Prevention and reduction of water-related diseases
  • The burden of Zoonotic diseases and Ecohealth approach
  • Biodiversity and Health – perspective of interconnection
  • Varia