Sue Ryder Care in Macedonia

Macedonia gained peaceful independence from Yugoslavia in 1991 but suffered severe economic difficulties. Despite being a middle-income country, poverty levels in Macedonia remain significant. It is estimated that 23% live below the national poverty line.

Who do we help?

Sue Ryder Care in Macedonia offers palliative care to anyone with an active, progressive, life-threatening illness, such as cancer, terminal respiratory, renal or cardiac disease and patients with HIV/AIDS. These people we work with are often the most vulnerable groups in society. Sue Ryder Care in Macedonia also works with disabled people of all ages and trains medical professionals.

How do we work?

Under the leadership of Dr Mira Adzic, Sue Ryder Care in Macedonia works closely with two state-run hospices, a domiciliary service operating from the hospice in Skopje and the country’s only state-run residential home for disabled children and adults. Sue Ryder Care in Macedonia also provides training and development opportunities for government staff and produce publications.

Why support us?

In 1995, Sue Ryder Care in Macedonia conducted the first piece of research into the needs of people at the end of life suffering from malignant diseases and other advanced chronic diseases. By 2001, at the request of the Ministry of Health, the charity helped prepare the country's first national standards for palliative care. Two years on, Sue Ryder Care in Macedonia was officially integrated into the Health Protection Law - and funded through the Health Insurance Fund - as the only provider of palliative care in the country through two hospices in Skopje and Bitola. National palliative care strategy has now been developed in partnership with Soros foundation and the Ministry of Health.

Str. 4 Juli 129
PO Box 359
1001 Skopje
Republic of Macedonia
Tel/fax: +389 2 2032 615
sueryderskopje@gmail.com