Anti-Discrinination centre for tuberculosis. The Institute informed the AOB that the incidence of tuberculosis, i.e. the number of new cases, has gone down significantly in Serbia in recent years and is even lower than in some EU countries, but is still higher than in Austria. The Institute recommends that the list of countries, whose citizens are subject to serial tuberculosis screenings, be revised on a regular basis in accordance with the epidemiological development in the individual countries. From a professional and economic point of view, followup screenings are justified only when there are clear grounds to suspect latent tuberculosis at the time of the first screening. Follow-up screenings justified only when disease is suspected With these medical findings, the different enforcement practice in the individual Laender, in particular the annual follow-up screening that is automatically mandatory in several Laender regardless of the result of the initial screening, is not considered appropriate by the AOB. Ministry announced Austria-wide regulation The Federal Ministry of Health stated to the AOB that the nine different regulations in the Laender would be replaced by a uniform regulation for all of Austria and that it anticipates submitting a government bill by summer 2015. At the time of the editorial deadline of this report, the detailed content of the regulation was not yet available. 2.1.3 Discrimination due to illness or disability Accessible fishing The inclusion of persons with disabilities in all areas of life, which is advocated in the UN CRPD, must naturally also apply to sports and recreational activities. A woman from Upper Austria has been suffering from symptoms of paralysis in her legs and from resulting depression. When a friend persuaded her to accompany him fishing, she was at first sceptical, but then became convinced of the therapeutic effectiveness of fishing. Now the passionate fishing enthusiast would like to share this experience with others who also have a disability. She not only developed a fishing aid that can be attached to a wheelchair, but also established the association “Fishing with a Handicap”. Fishing exam insurmountable obstacle for persons with disabilities 50 However, fishing is difficult, as in order to engage in this sport, in addition to having to obtain licences for the Land and the fishing area, most Laender require passing a fishing exam. This also applies to persons who can never fish alone due to their disability, for example, blind or severely visually impaired persons who cannot recognise if they have caught permitted or protected fish. Furthermore, in most Laender, persons who are under legal guardianship are generally excluded from fishing. For many persons with

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