Czech PEN society achievements 2009 international meeting “STOP malnutrition of patients and diseases resulting from malnutrition” held in Prague on 11-12 June by the Czech EU presidency related to fight malnutrition across Europe gathered health ministries from EU member states, medical experts, ESPEN, ENHA declaration which summarizes the problems that we are facing in our daily practice and to propose a series of action points which are being sent to the incoming Swedish EU presidency to be implemented. (left to right, Frank de Man, ENHA; Stanislava Pànovà MD, Director Ministry of Health, Czech Republic; Olle Ljungqvist, ESPEN; Markéta Hellerovà MD, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Health, Czech Republic; Lubos Sobotka, ESPEN)

Czech PEN society achievements 2009 Czech Ministry of Health endorsed to promote strategies to fight against malnutrition in community, hospitals and nursing homes public awareness, education (patients, pre- and postgraduate professionals), mandatory screening (community+hospitals), to improve quality of care, cooperation (international-ESPEN,ENHA, national medical societies), research on malnutrition, to improve monitoring and data sampling on nutritional status) WEB pages under patronage of Czech Ministry of Health: at first for public (malnutrition is highly prevalent, malnutrition important for onset of disease and modifying its course; to pay closer attention to their own nutrition as well as that of their relatives) Nutrition Day 2009

Czech PEN society achievements 2009 cont. Education: medical students 7 medical schools in Czech Republic courses of clinical nutrition included in curricula Education: medical doctors national courses of clinical nutrition organized by CSPEN: one week courses web pages of CSPEN at http://www.skvimp.cz/ Clinical nutrition in hospitals: four regional centers recognized by health insurance companies Clinical nutrition, out-patient care: 52 centers recognized by health insurance companies heaed by MD licenced in clinical nutrition (supervised by CSPEN)

Czech PEN society plans 2010 continue in recent activities to fight against malnutrition support Czech Ministry of Health in strategies to fight against malnutrition in community, hospitals and nursing homes transfer and utilize recent achievements for the incoming Swedish EU presidency to be implemented