YUGOSLAV ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION was founded by initiative of chest physicians of the Institute of Lung Diseases and Tuberculosis of the Clinical Centre of Serbia in Belgrade in Decembre 2002 and officially registered in Septembre 2003 as a non-governmental, non-political and non-profitable organization. Today it sticks together more than 250 physicians, predominantly, chest physicians, pediatricians, microbiologists and general practitioners. They have expressed the willing to enforce their activities in fight against tuberculosis. Nurses, patients and other interested subjects join the association, too.

President: Dragica P. Pesut, MD, PhD.   dppesut@Verat.Net

                    Specialist in pneumophthiseology/lung diseases and tuberculosis/

Address: Yugoslav Anti-Tuberculosis Association YATA

    11000 Beogradad

    Višegradska 26/20

    Serbia and Montenegro

Phone: +381 11 361 55 61 and (national) 011 361 55 58

e-mail: office@tuberkuloza.org.yu  and yata.tbc@verat.net

Web-site: http://www.tuberkuloza.org.yu 

The principle aims of the association YATA:

Protection of professional interests of its members, help and support to work under the best possible conditions;

Obtaining the professional behavior of the members in accordance with principles of professional ethics;

Organizing of continual professional improvement, education and innovation of knowledge of its members (education of physicians and medical staff in prevention, diagnostics and therapy of tuberculosis and other lung diseases) through lectures, seminars, trainings and tribunes;

Collaboration with educational organizations and legal authority bodies in improvement of the system of education of young members;

Organizing of professional and scientific meetings to continually increase and innovate the knowledge of the members;

Collaboration with governmental bodies in establishing rules from the basic field of the association;

Collaboration with scientific and professional organizations and institutions in Serbia and Montenegro and abroad to improve the  strategy of fight against tuberculosis and other lung diseases;

Joining to and collaboration with international professional organizations;

Increasing peoples’ awareness towards tuberculosis;

Publishing educational materials for medical staff, patients and population.

Achieving and fulfilling the other aims in accordance with the law and Statute of the association.

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