News about Health care
The World Health Organization has confirmed eight cases of infection with the Andean strain of hantavirus among passengers and crew members of the Dutch cruise liner MV Hondius. A total of 11 people have been reported ill, three of whom died.
The Chisinau municipality signed an Action Plan for 2026-2027 on the prevention of the use of harmful and psychotropic substances. It includes the creation of a special commission for monitoring and combating this phenomenon.
Shipments of pharmaceutical products from the USA to Russia in March increased more than 300 times compared to the previous month.
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adanom Ghebreyesus has warned that the number of Andes hantavirus infections could rise in the coming weeks, although there are no signs of the start of a large-scale outbreak yet.
One of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, MSD, has appointed Conor Dempsey as the new Managing Director of its operations in Romania and the Republic of Moldova. He succeeds Marcelo Pascual Morales, who was appointed Deputy Vice President and Executive Director of MSD Japan.
MDL 2.5 million will be allocated for drug use prevention projects in 2026-2027. The National Health Insurance Company (NHIC) announced a tender for the selection of projects in the field of prevention and prevention of disease risks, financed from the preventive measures fund.
The migration of health professionals is not a phenomenon specific only to the Republic of Moldova, but a global trend, says Virginia Șalaru, deputy head of the Department of Didactic and Academic Management and lecturer at the USMF “Nicolae Testemitanu”. The specificity of the Republic of Moldova is that doctors and nurses are not just leaving the country, but the system.
Prescriptions for medicines issued in the European Union countries can be used on the territory of Moldova. Such a provision is contained in the draft law on amending a number of normative acts in the health sector, registered in the Parliament.
The National Health Insurance Company (NHIC) announced the launch of an updated anonymous consultation dedicated to the assessment of the compulsory health insurance system and the quality of health services in Moldova.
The decision of the German authorities to introduce a tax on sweet drinks as part of a package of health care reforms has sparked a debate about government interference in the diet of citizens. However, a number of countries around the world already levy such a tax for one reason or another. But is this a sufficient argument and are these reasons so objective?
According to the Environmental Performance Index, 19 of the 20 countries with the best sanitation and drinking water in the world are European. Japan is also among these 20 countries.
Summer camps for children will operate under new rules. Educators will be obliged to report cases of bullying, violence or neglect of children.
Germany is preparing one of the toughest overhauls of its health insurance system in years, and it’s already causing alarm among pharmaceutical companies and investors.
Artificial intelligence will not replace doctors and the main human component of medical practice – compassion and relations between doctor and patient. This was stated by Health Minister Emil Ceban at the 11th International Scientific Congress for medical students, doctoral students and young doctors “MedEspera”.
In the morning of Friday, May 8, an earthquake was registered in one of the regions of Ukraine. It occurred in Transcarpathian region, near the town of Vinogradov. The magnitude on the Richter scale was 2.0 points.
Against the background of cases of hantavirus infection registered on board a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, the authorities specify that the situation in Moldova is under control and the risk of further spread is assessed as low. No confirmed cases of the disease have been detected in the country.
A large-scale forest fire has started in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. The State Service of Ukraine for Emergency Situations reported that the area of the fire has already exceeded 1.1 thousand hectares. The radiation background has not changed.
“Moldova has been one of the brightest humanitarian stories of recent years. In the face of the biggest migration crisis Europe has experienced in decades, this country and its Red Cross opened its doors and kept them open,” said Marco Macallister, Head of Delegation of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Moldova.
The European Commission has stepped up coordination with member states in response to the hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius, a Dutch luxury cruise ship bound for Spain, while insisting the risk to the public remains “low”.
The Institute of Cardiology was equipped with a modern digital system for receiving, recording and direct transmission of images from the cardiac catheterization room. The project worth 1.35 million lei was implemented within the investment program financed by the National Health Insurance Company (NHIC). The funds were allocated from the fund for the development and modernization of public medical institutions.
