International Student Medical Congress in Košice

1^st International Student Medical Congress in Košice

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	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (UPJŠ) www.upjs.sk Five faculties of UPJŠ: Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Public Administration and Faculty of Arts, prepare physicians and dentists, experts in natural sciences, mathematics and informatics, teachers, lawyers, psychologists, linguists, philosophs and specialists for public administration. The graduates of this University which is the second oldest in Slovakia, have a very good reputation all over the world.
	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine www.medic.upjs.sk Faculty of Medicine at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice belongs to the leaders in providing medical education in Slovakia. Main activity of the faculty encompasses preparing students for medical professions: general medicine, dentistry and for non-doctor sanitarian professions: nursing, public health service, physiotherapy, examination methodology in health service and birth assistance.
	Kosice Institute for Society and Health (KISH) www.kish.upjs.sk Kosice Institute for Society and Health (KISH) is a research institute integrating different research fields from the perspective of vulnerable groups in society. On a more operational level KISH focuses on two fields, Youth & Health and Chronic Diseases. In 2006 KISH became one of the University’s Centres of Excellence.
	World Health Organization (WHO) – Country Office in Slovakia www.who.sk World Health Organization is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.
	Slovak Tourist Board (SACR) www.slovakia.travel Slovak Tourist Board (in Slovak: Slovenská agentúra pre cestovný ruch – SACR) is a non-commercial organization for marketing, promotional and educational activities in the interest of tourist development in Slovakia. This government organization set up by the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic in September 1995 promotes an image of Slovakia as an attractive tourist destination abroad.
	IMUNA PHARM, a.s. www.imuna.sk Imuna Pharm, a.s., is one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in Slovakia. Gradually, the scope of activities developed in to the following fields of production and research: vaccinations, blood plasma preparations, cultivating media, diagnostic preparations, infusion, dialyzing and preservation solutions, dietetic preparations and comestibles, tablets, veterinary preparations, etc.
	Slovak Academy of Sciences - SAS (Slovenská Akadémia Vied – SAV) www.sav.sk The Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS) is Slovakia’s foremost institution for the promotion and support of basic, strategic and applied research. The Academy’s primary mission is the furthering of knowledge and understanding of the natural and social sciences, with the aim of providing the necessary scientific foundation for the advancement of Slovakia.