In-depth project country information:
- April 2009: Kosova Hosts Landmark International Medical Conference
When Zgjim Limani, MD, and his colleagues wanted to put together an international medical symposium in Prishtina, Kosova, they asked if WiRED could help arrange a teleconference from the United States.
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- August 2006: WiRED Receives Grant from The Medtronic Foundation For Medical Education in Serbia and Kosovo
The Medtronic Foundation announced in early August that it will provide a humanitarian grant to support WiRED's medical education work in Serbia and Kosovo. This grant will continue the Medtronic Foundation's generous underwriting of WiRED's Medical Information Centers in the former Yugoslavia. . .
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- December 2005: Balkans Ring in New Year with MICs
Communities in Serbia and Kosovo are benefiting from eight new Medical Information Centers (MICs) brought by WiRED in late November. Executive director Gary Selnow was on-site for the opening ceremonies. . . Full Story
- WiRED opens two new Medical Information Centers in the
Former Yugoslavia
WiRED expanded its Medical Information Center project in the former Yugoslavia with the launch of Centers in the Medical Faculty at the University of Prishtina, Kosovo and at the Medical Faculty at the University of Belgrade, Serbia. . . Full Story
- November 2000: WiRED Enables Kosovar Children Undergoing Cancer Treatment in Italy to "Talk" with Their Families for the First Time in Months via the Internet
WiRED, an international organization dedicated to bringing the resources of the Internet to war-ravaged places like Kosovo, launched its innovative "Video Visit" program on Thursday, November 16. The project enables families of seriously ill children undergoing treatment in European hospitals to make "live" visits via Internet-linked video. . . Full Story
- Aziz M. Mustafa Began Work as a General Practitioner in Kosovo
In 1992, Aziz M. Mustafa began work as a general practitioner in Kosovo. Five years later, he was in residence in the ENT Department at the University Medical Center in Prishtina. He is currently completing final examinations in Austria after which time he will be a licensed ENT surgeon. Thanks to WiRED¹s work in Kosovo, Aziz has been on-line since February 2000, when he went to WiRED's Internet Center in Gjilan. . . Full Story
- WiRED Took Its Programs to Kosovo
WiRED took its programs to Kosovo at the request of the Global Technology Corp at the U.S. Department of State. The U.S. Department of State had established free computer centers at seven locations in war-ravaged Kosovo as part of its Kosovo Internet Access Initiative (KIAI).
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- October 2000: Media Expert Says Internet Is Fertile Ground for
Sowing Democracy
The system of computers linked to each other through the Internet provides a nearly unlimited free flow of information, but it also offers a "high-tech answer to basic human needs" like freedom and democracy, says media expert Gary Selnow. . . Full Story
- September 2000: State Department and WiRED bring the Internet
to Kosovo
The U.S. Department of State has established free computer centers at seven locations in war-ravaged Kosovo as part of its Kosovo Internet Access Initiative (KIAI). . . Full Story
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