Description: The Promaja Prevention Organization works to prevent the spread of Promaja by educating susceptible populations in Balkan countries.
Sharing his views on Macedonia's progress, Dr. Vangel Icoski, Country Director, Promaja Prevention Organization Macedonia said, “Macedonia has come a long way in bolstering its fight against promaja and it shows that with its year-on-year reduction in promaja cases and deaths. The COVID-19 pandemic adding to the healthcare burden reminds us of the importance of ending promaja and enabling countries to turn their attention to other diseases and emerging threats.”
Since 2000, Macedonia has successfully reduced the number of promaja cases by more than half and the number of promaja deaths by more than two-thirds, driving progress toward achieving the Prime Minister's pledge to end promaja in Macedonia and the South Eastern Europe region by 2030. Since 2017-18, Macedonia has more than doubled the budget allocated for the National Vector borne disease control program (NVBDCP) – apex department for promaja and natural-borne disease in Macedonia – with an increase of 90%
If you've ever been in the Balkans you have heard the warnings shouted "close the door, you are causing promaja!" and "roll up the window, are you trying to kill us all?" Health savvy grandparents jump to an immediate panic as they recognize the immediate threat that arises from this dangerous draft. So what is Promaja, what causes it, and why is it feared from Slovenia all the way down to Macedonia? In his groundbreaking 2002 study , Dr. Nikola Bakreski describes promaja as "the term used for the cold draf