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The Alcohol Act will enter into force in March
28.12.2017The new Alcohol Act that has been long in the preparation will enter fully into force on 1 March 2018. However, some of the changes will become effective already on 1 January 2018. The new Alcohol...
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Establishment of a genome centre proceeds – the working group's memorandum sent for comments
22.12.2017The establishment of a genome centre in Finland is proceeding. The working group appointed to prepare the establishment of a genome centre has sent for comments a memorandum that outlines its main...
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Working group to investigate the restricting of cross-border distance selling of alcoholic beverages
22.12.2017The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has appointed a working group to investigate the restricting of cross-border distance selling of alcoholic beverages and to draw up proposals for new...
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Parliament voted on the Alcohol Act: some changes will enter into force already on 1 January 2018
19.12.2017The Finnish Parliament voted on the Alcohol Act on 19 December. The parliamentary reply on the Alcohol Act is to be discussed at a government session after Christmas, on Thursday 28 December. The...
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Action plan for the Istanbul Convention for 2018-2021 completed
19.12.2017Over the coming years, violence against women and threat of violence will be prevented through more than 40 measures. This work will be carried out in several administrative branches together with...
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International Gender Equality Prize recipient is a glass ceiling breaking role model
15.12.2017The International Gender Equality Prize established by the Government of Finland was awarded on Thursday, 14 December to Angela Merkel.
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The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health finances a new action programme to prevent female genital mutilation
15.12.2017he Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has granted a separate appropriation of EUR 80,000 to support the preparation and implementation of a new action programme to prevent female genital...
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Ministry of Social Affairs and Health finances the Current Care Guideline for suicide prevention
13.12.2017The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (STM) has granted a separate appropriation of EUR 80,000 to the Finnish Medical Society Duodecim, to be used for drawing up a Current Care Guideline on...
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You are welcome to participate in the competition: design a new wellbeing application – Funding of EUR 500,000 reserved
5.12.2017The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has launched a design competition for application developers. The objective of the competition is to find new kinds of health and wellbeing applications...
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Pitching, cash prizes and better services
4.12.2017The Slush side event organised by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health on Thursday 30 November was a creative event with a lot of pitching.
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Develop an application for Kanta PHR – soon citizens can share their own wellbeing information with doctors by mobile phone
30.11.2017In the future, it will be possible for citizens to save their own wellbeing information in the My Kanta Pages Personal Heath Record (Kanta PHR) using various applications. It will be possible to...
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Costs of intimate partner violence to be estimated in Finland
25.11.2017Annika Saarikko, the Minister responsible for gender equality affairs, will participate in the project 100 Acts for Gender Equality organised by the National Council of Women of Finland and the...
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What is the approach to mental health problems in working life?
21.11.2017The 2017 Mental Health Barometer has been released. For the first time the theme of the barometer is working life.
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Finland is pleased with its campaign for the relocation of the European Medicines Agency
20.11.2017The Council of the European Union has today decided that the new seat of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) will be Amsterdam. The London-based European Medicines Agency (EMA) must be relocated...
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Mental Health Barometer: Work career can continue despite mental health problems
20.11.2017Workplaces want to support persons who have mental health problems and their capacity for work. Work communities need to be coached to encounter fellow workers who have been absent from work due to...
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Rehabilitation reform committee published its report
9.11.2017The Finnish rehabilitation system works well in many cases, but fragmentation in the rehabilitation processes creates problems, according to a committee for reforming the rehabilitation services...
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Working group: The reform of the Lotteries Act must intensify prevention of gambling problems
8.11.2017The focus of gambling policies should be moved more towards prevention of gambling problems. When the second phase of the reform of the Lotteries Act gets underway, more emphasis should be placed...
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A lifelong bond is created in everyday moments
6.11.2017Early childhood is full of new things, of joy, confusion, fatigue, and love. Family leaves are fathers’ right. They offer an opportunity to fathers to share everyday life with their children. It is...
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Father, take some daddy time!
6.11.2017‘It’s Daddy Time’, the new campaign of the Minister of Social Affairs and Health, encourages fathers to take full use of their family leave rights. The campaign is intended to increase the take up...
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State to reimburse municipalities for the costs of asylum seekers’ urgent social services
26.10.2017The Government proposes that the State reimburse municipalities for the costs of urgent social services when the person receiving the service has been refused international protection and is no...