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Designer drugs to be covered under the Narcotics Act
19.12.2014Bulletin of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Ministry of the Interior, the Finnish Medicines Agency, Finnish Customs, and the Office of the Prosecutor General
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В Финляндии ко всем семьям относятся равноправно, установление замещающей опеки над ребенком является крайней мерой
18.12.2014В последние дни в российских СМИ обсуждаются меры, применяемые в Финляндии в целях защиты детей. Вопреки высказываемым в ходе обсуждения опасениям, в Финляндии не ведется охота на детей русских...
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Preliminary agreement on directive proposal concerning farming of GM crops
11.12.2014Notification by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and the Ministry of the Environment:
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Switzerland's minister in charge of social and health matters visiting Finland
9.12.2014Minister of Social Affairs and Health Laura Räty as well as Minister of Health and Social Services Susanna Huovinen are today meeting Swiss Federal Councillor, minister Alain Berset, who is...
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Minister Huovinen to attend meeting of EPSCO Council in Brussels
1.12.2014The EU's Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) will meet in Brussels on 1 December. The topic of the Council meeting is health issues, and Minister of Health and...
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Minister Huovinen to attend meeting of EPSCO Council in Brussels
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Finnish occupational health and safety know-how to be an export product - Finland joining key ILO project
25.11.2014MINISTRY OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND HEALTH AND MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS PRESS RELEASE
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Fathers of the Year involved in building a father-friendly workplace culture
7.11.2014The Father of the Year prize was awarded to three fathers this year. Receiving the prize were Jouni Eho from Kotka and Hanno Nevanlinna and Seppo Sauro from Espoo. The prizes were presented by...
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Draft act: The right of undocumented persons to health services to be extended
5.11.2014The bill is to be submitted to the Parliament before the end of the year. It is intended that the act will enter into force as soon as possible. In addition to urgent medical care, any health...
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Minister Räty to meet Germanys Federal Minister of Health in Berlin
20.10.2014Minister of Social Affairs and Health Laura Räty will take part in a Nordic health sector conference in Berlin on 20 October. The themes of the seminar will include demographic development and the...
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Minister Huovinen travels to Copenhagen for Council of Ministers for Health and Social Affairs meeting
16.10.2014Minister of Health and Social Services Susanna Huovinen will take part in the Council of Ministers for Health and Social Affairs meeting on 16 October. The topic of the meeting will be development...
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Finland is well prepared for immediate investigation of suspected cases of Ebola
13.10.2014Finland has good preparations in place for the investigation of suspected cases of Ebola infection, and for the treatment of those who may have contracted the disease. All EU countries need to take...
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Wellbeing in the future depends on functional capacity and inclusive participation
3.10.2014According to a recent Future Review of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, people's good health and ability to work are key to maintaining a sustainable economy and increasing employment....
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Ebola ja muut tartuntatautiuhat esillä GHSA-kokouksessa Washingtonissa
26.9.2014In addition to individual countries, participants in this partnership include the European Union, the World Health Organization WHO, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation FAO and the World...
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Minister Huovinen to attend a Global Health Security Agenda meeting in Washington
25.9.2014Minister of Health and Social Services Susanna Huovinen will attend a meeting of the Global Health Security Agenda, an international partnership for the promotion of health security, in Washington...
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Social security agreement signed between Finland and China
22.9.2014Finland and China have signed a social security agreement affecting social security of people moving between the two countries. The agreement was signed on Finland's behalf by Minister of Social...
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Individuals' genetic information to be put to better use in health care
1.9.2014The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has established a working group to draw up a national genome strategy. The goal is to draw up a plan containing different measures that will enable the...
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OECD: Suomen parannettava mielenterveyspalvelujen tasapuolista saatavuutta
8.7.2014The number of people committing suicide in Finland has substantially decreased. Despite this fall, however, the suicide rate in Finland remains higher than the average for OECD countries.
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Tupakkapoliittinen toimenpideohjelma kirkastaa tien savuttomaan Suomeen
27.6.2014The Finnish Tobacco Act aims to eliminate the use of tobacco products by the end of the year 2040. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health action plan on tobacco - the Roadmap towards a...
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Sote-uudistuksesta on saatu ratkaisu
25.6.2014The parliamentary steering group preparing the social welfare and health care services reform reached an agreement on key provisions of the act on the arrangement of social welfare and health care...
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