The Government of Tuzla Canton adopted a decision on the positive list of medicines at its session today, which, compared to the previous list, included 64 new medicines, with which the list was expanded in order to improve the health care of the population of that canton. There are 999 medicines on the A list, and 85 on the B list. Medicines from the A list are paid for by the Health Insurance Institute of Tuzla Canton.
“The prices of 172 drugs have been reduced, or an average of 6 percent, and the reduction in drug prices will allow for additional breadth in therapeutic protocols for the most common diseases in the coming period. In addition, the demands of the association of diabetes mellitus patients, ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease patients, and patients with from autoimmune diseases, expanded possibilities in the field of ophthalmological indications, gynecological diseases, cardiovascular diseases, as well as other indications”, said the Minister of Health of TC Duška Bećirović.
The Government of TC has given prior consent to the Decision of the Senate of the University of Tuzla on the number of students for enrollment in the first year of the first and integrated first and second cycles of studies, and the second and third cycles of studies at the faculties/academies of the University of Tuzla in the academic year 2023/24. year.
“The enrollment quota for the academic year 2023/24 is a total of 2,022 students, of which 1,111 students are financed from the Tuzla Canton budget, 841 students are self-financed, and 70 part-time students. In the second study cycle, the quota is from a minimum of 184 to a maximum 941 students, while for the third cycle the quotas are a minimum of 60 and a maximum of 196 students,” said Ahmed Omerović, Minister of Education and Science, who announced the start of the internationalization process of the University of Tuzla.
Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth Damir Gazdić reflected on the activities realized in 2022.
“The adopted information is a cross-section of the situation and activities that were carried out with the aim of supporting young people in the territory of our canton, as well as the means, projects and activities implemented by the state, entity, cantonal and city/municipal levels of government. It is important to point out that the Tuzla Canton management of action programs for young people regarding housing, subsidies for kindergarten costs and self-employment expanded the definition of the age of young people from 30 to 35 years of age, and in this connection all the data presented in this information have a wider scope than is provided for by the federal law Analyzing the demographic indicators, unfortunately, it was found that there is a current trend of a decrease in the number of young people in the Tuzla Canton,” said Minister Gazdić.
The number of young people aged 15 to 35 in 2020 was 113,617. That number in 2021 was 111,403, and in 2022, 109,172 young people would live in the area of Tuzla Canton. Based on the analysis of the natural and mechanical movement of the population, it can be concluded that the demographic picture of the Tuzla Canton is characterized by natural depopulation, a decrease in the birth rate, and a negative balance of migration, which is a continuation of the negative trend of demographic movements of the population that have been happening for at least the last 10 years.
