AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoForeign healthcare workforce: Germany approved 86,600 applications for recognition of foreign professional qualifications in 2025, nearly 10% more than the year before, with nursing the biggest category (32,000), followed by doctors (13,900) and engineers (4,600). Local health system pressure: A report from Zenica Cantonal Hospital highlights that Bosnia and Herzegovina still isn’t part of Eurotransplant, leaving “dozens of patients” waiting for organs; the hospital says it has carried out 18 cadaveric explantations in recent years, saving four lives in a recent case. Public health risk from mosquitoes: North Macedonia reported four deaths from West Nile fever among 38 positive cases this year, with most infections in people over 60 and cases concentrated around Skopje; health authorities say they’re intensifying mosquito control and public protection. Travel safety and emergency care: A bus crash in Hungary killed 12 Polish pilgrims returning from Medjugorje (via Bosnia and Herzegovina) and left at least 10 seriously injured; the driver is suspected of falling asleep and is in custody.
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