The purpose of the research Health in times of pandemic impact of governmental measures dealing with Covid-19 on the health sector is to identify and estimate the appropriateness of the measures adopted by the Government of RNM during state of emergency in Covid-19 conditions and to determine their influence on a national level on the health sector in the period March–November 2020. The measures of the Government were changing daily and weekly, while the number of newly infected kept rising. With the increased number of people infected with Covid-19 and the widespread of the virus, pressure on the healthcare system was inflicted as an attempt to respond to the needs of citizens. Most resources of the health system were directed for dealing with Covid-19 consequences, resulting with a decrease or full termination of some preventive and healthcare curative measures that impacted the health of the citizens. Every fourth respondent, according to the public opinion polls, regarding Covid-19, postponed his/her medical examination or visit to the doctor’s due to the pandemic.

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The goal of the research Case study: the effects of national measures in Covid-19 conditions and their impact on the health sector on a local level is to assess the impact of Covid-19 prevention and protection measures on the Roma community, the existence of conditions to comply with the measures and to what extent they were applicable to this community. The research shows whether the Roma community in Prilep.

faced problems with healthcare diagnostics and treatment of Covid-19. Further, the research establishes whether the Roma community in Prilep was consulted by the local authorities when developing local policies on Covid-19 prevention and protection, how was it consulted and to what extent.

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