MLA

At the beginning of 2026, Moldova ranked “honorably” third among the countries of the former Soviet Union in the WHO ranking on alcohol consumption, according to Logos Press.

This week, the United States rather noisily withdrew from the World Health Organization. The reason for the withdrawal was attributed to an inappropriate response to the Covid-19 pandemic: “failure to adopt urgent reforms and demonstrate independence from the political influence of WHO member states”. The US payments, which were higher than those of other countries, also had an impact.

About 142 thousand people in Moldova have diabetes, of which 724 are children. About 10,000 new cases are detected every year, and the upward trend continues, Logos Press reports.

320 million lei have been allocated from the MLA funds for inpatient treatment of mental diseases in 2025, which is 11.5% more than in the previous year, Logos Press reported.