Estonia

Growing alcohol consumption among women worrying health promoters

December 2, 2024

According to statistics, each adult consumes an average of 11 liters of pure alcohol per year. This equates to half a liter of vodka or two and a half bottles [..]

Estonia

Immunity to diphtheria has fallen to critical level in Estonia

September 13, 2024

The Estonian Health Board said on Friday that although an effective vaccine against diphtheria has been available since the 1940s, immunization coverage in Estonia has fallen to a critical limit [..]

Latvia

State needs a clear vision for the provision of rehabilitation services for drug addicts – Silina

July 23, 2024

The state needs to create a clear vision for the provision of rehabilitation services for drug addicts, but the decriminalization of drug use by young people is only one of [..]

Estonia

Cholera suspected in Estonia after more than 31 years

July 17, 2024

A sample taken from a child who returned to Estonia from abroad with family is being analyzed at the Health Board’s infectious diseases laboratory, with initial testing confirming cholera. The [..]

Latvia

Medics warn of high tick activity in Latvia

July 5, 2024

Ticks, the small blood-sucking arachnids that carry infections like Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis, have weathered the past winter very successfully and are now especially active in Latvia, Baiba Rozentale, [..]

Lithuania

Alcohol, tobacco consumption down in Lithuania

May 30, 2024

One Lithuanian resident aged 15 and over consumed 11 liters of pure (100 percent) alcohol last year, 0.2 liters less than in 2022, according to preliminary data published by the [..]

Estonia

Some 10 pct of drinking water in Tartu contaminated with bacteria

May 30, 2024

On Tuesday, water samples were taken from the Sepa drinking water treatment plant in the southern Estonian town of Tartu during water quality monitoring, the results of which showed an [..]

Opinions

Estonian law firm: Sugary drinks tax bill runs counter to EU law

May 11, 2024

An analysis by lawyers at the law firm Sorainen shows that the so-called sugary drinks tax bill runs counter to European Union law. Consequently, Sorainen filed a complaint with the [..]

Estonia

Cigarette smoking has declined in 4 years

May 8, 2024

Over the past four years, the number of smokers of regular cigarettes in Estonia has decreased by 12 percent and the number of e-cigarette users has increased, an annual survey [..]

Latvia

It is important to reduce overall alcohol consumption in Latvia – Abu Meri

April 29, 2024

It is important to reduce the overall alcohol consumption in Latvia, Health Minister Hosams Abu Meri (New Unity) said in an interview with commercial TV3 television. It affects both public [..]

Lithuania

8 out of 10 people in Lithuania would back ban on gambling advertising

April 11, 2024

Eight out of ten people in Lithuania would support a total ban on gambling advertising in Lithuania, according to a Baltijos Tyrimai poll for the public broadcaster LRT, published on [..]

Estonia

Internal audit identifies systemic problems at Tallinn’s city-run dental clinic

April 5, 2024

During an inspection of the operations of SA Tallinna Hambakliinik, a city-owned foundation running a dental clinic of the same name, the city’s internal audit service discovered that long-term management [..]

Estonia

Blue Hepatica campaign again kicks off in Estonia

April 2, 2024

The 11th Blue Hepatica campaign — “Let us salute!” — started, as part of which everyone is invited to wear the blue hepatica pin to show their appreciation of the [..]

Latvia

TBC incidence has returned to pre-pandemic levels

March 19, 2024

The number of cases of tuberculosis in the population has returned to pre-pandemic levels, said Liga Kuksa, head of the Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Department at the TPSC hospital, in [..]

Latvia

Number of non-smokers in Latvia the lowest in last five years

March 12, 2024

The number of non-smokers in Latvia is decreasing and is currently the lowest in the last five years, according to the latest Mana Aptieka & Apotheka Health Index. Smoking is [..]

Latvia

Promoting physical fitness should be a national priority – Abu Meri

March 3, 2024

Health Minister Hossam Abu Meri (New Unity) told LETA that promoting physical fitness and an active lifestyle should be one of the country’s priorities. He admitted that currently Latvia has [..]

Estonia

Statistics Estonia: 1 in 3 men experience intimate partner violence

February 2, 2024

A large-scale relationship survey conducted by Statistics Estonia reveals that 33 percent of men, that is, one in three men in Estonia, have experienced intimate partner violence during their lifetime. [..]

Latvia

Government plans to reduce number of deaths from external causes

January 15, 2024

The government plans to reduce the number of deaths from external causes in the next two years, according to the draft action plan of the government led by Prime Minister [..]

Latvia

Tobacco products will be prohibited for persons under 20 from 2025

January 11, 2024

Saeima today adopted in the final reading amendments which will ban the sale of tobacco products, herbal smoking products, electronic smoking devices and refill tanks to persons under 20 years [..]

Latvia

Flu incidence in Latvia gradually rising

January 4, 2024

Last week, the flu incidence in Latvia gradually increased, while Covid-19 incidence stabilized, according to the Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC). The average flu incidence in Latvia increased [..]

Estonia

101 flu cases, 6,002 COVID-19 cases registered in Estonia in past week

December 15, 2023

Altogether 101 people were diagnosed with influenza and 6,002 with the coronavirus in Estonia last week, according to data from the Health Board. The number of registered flu cases has [..]

Lithuania

Lithuania reports 560 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths

November 9, 2023

Lithuania has recorded 560 new coronavirus infections and no deaths from COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, official statistics showed on Thursday morning. The 14-day primary infection rate has risen [..]

Europe

New funding, to protect 370 million children from polio every year, puts world on verge of eradicating polio once and for all

October 16, 2023

The European Commission, the European Investment Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new financing partnership to address critical global health opportunities: eradicating polio and ensuring that [..]

Latvia

Supervisory board of Stradins Hospital removed amid fears of losing EU funding

October 6, 2023

Shareholders of Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital (PSKUS) at an extraordinary meeting on Thursday removed the hospital’s supervisory board and appointed an interim board, LETA was told at the Health [..]