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MSAH wishes Everyone a Happy New Year
30.12.2015The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health wishes Everyone a Happy and Safe New Year.
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MSAH wishes Everyone a Merry Christmas
23.12.2015The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health wishes Everyone a Socially Sustainable Christmas and a Happy and Safe New Year.
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Ministry of Social Affairs and Health opened their website in Russian
17.12.2015The Ministry of Social Affairs has today opened their website in Russian as part of the current website revision. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health is the first Finnish Ministry publishing...
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How will gender equality be promoted in comprehensive schools?
16.12.2015The Finnish National Board of Education has published a guide about promoting gender equality in basic education. Educational institutions' equality plans that comply with the Equality Act must be...
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Finland has the slowest population growth in the Nordic countries
15.12.2015Finland has slower population growth than the other Nordic countries. In 2014 the Finnish growth rate was 4.2 per 1 000 people. While Finland and Iceland have the lowest net migration rate, i.e....
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What does Finland’s chairmanship of the Nordic Council of Ministers mean?
10.12.2015Finland will chair the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2016. The Nordic Council of Ministers is the official co-operation body of the Nordic Governments. Senior Officer Maria Waltari tells, in a...
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Gender equality issues discussed by the EU's ministers responsible for social affairs
7.12.2015The EU's Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) will meet in Brussels on 7 December. This time, the council will discuss for example gender equality. Minister of...
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Will freelancers be left without unemployment security?
4.12.2015The definition of entrepreneur is suggested to be changed within the unemployment security system. In a video interview, Ministerial Counsellor Esko Salo explains how the definition will be changed...
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Finland to continue leading country assessment process for health systems
3.12.2015The chairmanship of the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) Steering Group will be transferred from Finland to Indonesia at the turn of the year. Finland chaired the Steering Group in 2015. One of...
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Why do the provisions on parental allowances need to be revised?
26.11.2015A working group appointed by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health examined the family benefits available to different types of families. In a video interview, Ministerial Advisor Pekka Humalto...
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The 2015 National Prize for Innovative Practices in Employment and Social Policy goes to the City of Kankaanpää and Pipelife Finland Oy
24.11.2015The Finnish National Prize for Innovative Practices in Employment and Social Policy in 2015 went to the City of Kankaanpää and Pipelife Finland Oy for their valuable contributions to the overall...
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Minister Rehula to a Northern Dimension ministerial meeting in Berlin
20.11.2015Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services Juha Rehula will participate in the Partnership Annual Conference (PAC) of the Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being...
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What is going to change in the Motor Liability Insurance Act?
19.11.2015The Motor Liability Insurance Act will be reformed. The provisions in the new Act will be clearer and improve the status and rights of policyholders and aggrieved parties. Hannu Ijäs, Director of...
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Minister Mäntylä meets Vice Minister of China
19.11.2015Minister of Social Affairs and Health Hanna Mäntylä will meet the Chinese Vice Minister of Civil Affairs, Zou Ming, on 19 November in Helsinki. The meeting will focus on population ageing in both...
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Will the social welfare and health care reform make it easier to get to a doctor?
13.11.2015The social welfare and health care (SOTE) reform involves the setting up of 18 autonomous areas, 15 of which will organise the social and healthcare services themselves. Three other autonomous...
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Quality of care in Finland among the best in OECD countries
4.11.2015On several indicators, the quality of health care in Finland is top notch when compared to that of other OECD countries. Finland is among the best performing OECD countries in the treatment of...
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The maternity package - just one of Finland's many social innovations
30.10.2015Finland was still some 60 to 70 years ago a post-conflict developing country. At that time the country's income per capita was at the level of current lower middle income countries. However, the...
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Zambia's Minister of Community Development to visit the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
26.10.2015On 26 October, Minister of Social Affairs and Health Hanna Mäntylä and Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services Juha Rehula will meet in Helsinki with Emerine Kabanshi the Zambian minister...
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Should wine be sold in grocery shops?
16.10.2015An overall reform of alcohol legislation started on 12 October at a workshop called together by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. About twenty different operators discussed their views on...
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Can the healthcare and social welfare reform reduce the sustainability gap by EUR 3 billion?
14.10.2015Tuomas Pöysti started in October as Project Manager, leading the government healthcare and social welfare reform. During the first two years of the project, Pöysti will be working at the Ministry...
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