{"id":26300,"date":"2023-10-20T16:20:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&#038;p=26300"},"modified":"2023-10-20T16:20:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:20:20","slug":"president-milanovic-meets-with-leadership-and-members-of-association-of-multiple-sclerosis-societies-of-croatia","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-meets-with-leadership-and-members-of-association-of-multiple-sclerosis-societies-of-croatia\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107 Meets with Leadership and Members of Association of Multiple Sclerosis Societies of Croatia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 received today a delegation of the Association of Multiple Sclerosis Societies of Croatia and representatives of county member societies, who informed him about the specific problems and needs of multiple sclerosis patients, including possible solutions, and about the work of the Association of Multiple Sclerosis Societies of Croatia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the meeting, the delegation particularly pointed out to President Milanovi\u0107 that the Association of Multiple Sclerosis Societies of Croatia does not have adequate facilities in Zagreb. The current working space is not sufficient for the association\u2019s needs, warned Executive Director Dijana Rogini\u0107. President Milanovi\u0107 believes that the Association of Multiple Sclerosis Societies, due to the specific aspects of its work, deserves to have an appropriate facility, and he calls on municipal authorities in Zagreb to take this issue into consideration and ultimately provide the association with adequate working space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, the representatives of the Association of Multiple Sclerosis Societies informed the President of the Republic about their desire to open a rehabilitation centre that would greatly assist multiple sclerosis patients, for which, they said, they would also need help at the city or county level, while the association would use EU funding to equip the centre. The mental health of people suffering from multiple sclerosis was also a topic of the meeting, which was discussed by psychology professor Boris Bla\u017eini\u0107, who is a member of the association\u2019s Expert Committee for Medical Issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Multiple sclerosis is a chronic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that affects younger people. There are about 7,000 multiple sclerosis patients in Croatia, and most of them are women. In order to stop the progression of the disease, prompt treatment with drugs that modify the course of the disease is very important, and one of the biggest achievements of the association, in cooperation with the Croatian Neurological Society, is that it has managed to amend the 20-year-old discriminatory criteria for the treatment of MS patients, thereby bringing treatment closer to European standards. Medicines are available and every afflicted person today has the right to therapy, said Association President Branka Luki\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Association of Multiple Sclerosis Societies of Croatia is the national umbrella organization of multiple sclerosis patients that provides support to those suffering from the disease through care, support, advocacy and education, and its vision is \u201cCroatia without obstacles for a good life with MS.\u201d Twenty-one county societies are members of the association and they are contributing, on a daily basis, to improving the quality of life of persons with multiple sclerosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also attending the meeting in the Office of the President \u2013 apart from Association of Multiple Sclerosis Societies of Croatia President Branka Luki\u0107, Association Vice President and &nbsp;President of the Brod-Posavina County Society \u017deljko Pudi\u0107, Association Executive Director Dijana Rogini\u0107 and member of the Association\u2019s Expert Committee for Medical Issues Boris Bla\u017eini\u0107 \u2013 were the representatives of these county member societies: \u017darko Ivi\u010di\u0107 of the City of Zagreb, Nada Smrekar of Krapina-Zagorje County, Danijela \u0160aka of Sisak-Moslavina County, Jasmina Slavni\u0107 of Karlovac County, Irena Vrdoljak of Vara\u017edin County, Radmila Funtek of Koprivnica-Kri\u017eevci County, Bojan Bla\u017eevi\u0107 of Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Larisa Ga\u010danin of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Vesna \u0160tefanek of Po\u017eega-Slavonia County, Kristina Matkovi\u0107 of Osijek-Baranja County, Zoran Olja\u010da of Vukovar-Srijem County, Ivana Koki\u0107 of Split-Dalmatia County, Snje\u017eana Rai\u0107 of Istria County, Patricija \u0160valjek of Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Ljiljana Brki\u0107 of Virovitica-Podravina County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Milanovi\u0107 was accompanied by the Adviser to the President of the Republic for the Economy Velibor Ma\u010dki\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n<!--GALLERY BLOCK-->\n<div class=\"c-lightbox-gallery js-lightbox\">\n                <!--single-->\n            <a data-no-swup class=\"c-lightbox-gallery__single js-lightbox-single\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DSC_0141-1024x576.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DSC_0141-768x432.jpg')\"><\/a>\n            <!--end single-->\n                    <!--single-->\n            <a data-no-swup class=\"c-lightbox-gallery__single js-lightbox-single\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DSC_0161-1024x576.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DSC_0161-768x432.jpg')\"><\/a>\n            <!--end single-->\n                    <!--single-->\n            <a data-no-swup class=\"c-lightbox-gallery__single js-lightbox-single\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DSC_0187-1024x576.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DSC_0187-768x432.jpg')\"><\/a>\n            <!--end single-->\n                    <!--single-->\n            <a data-no-swup class=\"c-lightbox-gallery__single js-lightbox-single\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DSC_0194-1024x576.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DSC_0194-768x432.jpg')\"><\/a>\n            <!--end single-->\n        <\/div>\n<!--end GALLERY BLOCK-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia \/ Dario Andri\u0161ek<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 received today a delegation of the Association of Multiple Sclerosis Societies of Croatia and representatives of county member societies, who informed him about the specific problems and needs of multiple sclerosis patients, including possible solutions, and about the work of the Association of Multiple Sclerosis Societies of Croatia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":26290,"template":"","news-cat":[12],"class_list":["post-26300","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-cat-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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