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Faculty of Medicine, University of Sarajevo in collaboration with WHO/Europe programme on Influenza and other respiratory pathogens from Copenhagen is organizing Scientific Symposium: Epidemiology today between East and West from 3 to 5 September 2014.  It will bring together epidemiologists from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the neighbouring countries (Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) as well as from several European countries (Russia, Turkey, United Kingdom) to discuss education and best practice in epidemiology in the Region and worldwide. There will also be discussion of future steps in improvement and strengthening in this field.

University of Sarajevo's Faculty of Medicine was founded in 1944 and has been working continuously since 1946. 7745 students have graduated at Sarajevo University's Faculty of Medicine since (according to data from February 28th 2009), thus acquiring the title "Doctor of Medicine". 1332 students are currently enrolled at the Faculty, out of which 150 are foreign nationals.

The graduates of this Faculty possess an exceptionally high quality of knowledge, skills and competences, which have always been the foundation for the functioning and organization of the healthcare system in this region. With their remarkable achievements, the graduates of this Faculty have also mapped out and maintained the currents of medical science and profession in B&H.