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  • 25.06.2009 15:55

    Reform of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health responds to society's needs

    An independent international evaluation group has reviewed the activities of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health. The group noted that the Institute has been successful in revising its activities and organisation in accordance with the society's needs.
  • 16.06.2009 13:59

    European family ministers agree to cooperate in supporting families

    European ministers responsible for family affairs meet in Vienna on 16-17 June. In the conference, the ministers will be discussing, for example, why many Europeans have fewer children than they actually want and how family-friendly policies can be realised. Finland is represented by the Minister of Health and Social Services Paula Risikko.
  • 11.06.2009 09:17

    Ms Vassiliou on a visit to Finland

    The EU Health Commissioner Ms. Androulla Vassiliou is visiting Finland on 10-11 June. During the visit, the Health Commissioner Vassiliou and the Minister of Health and Social Services Paula Risikko discuss, for example, the Commission initiative to promote the health and wellbeing of children and young people.
  • 11.06.2009 09:04

    Vassiliou vierailee Suomessa

    EU:n terveyskomissaari Androulla Vassiliou vierailee Suomessa 10.-11. kesäkuuta. Vierailun aikana terveyskomissaari Vassiliou keskustelee peruspalveluministeri Paula Risikon kanssa mm. komission aloitteesta, joka koskee lasten ja nuorten hyvinvoinnin ja terveyden edistämistä.
  • 19.05.2009 12:54

    World Health Assembly to discuss pandemic influenza preparedness

    The World Health Organisation's (WHO) annual assembly convenes in Geneva on 18-22 May 2009. The assembly has been shortened in response to the influenza A(H1N1) situation and it will specifically focus on the current situation of influenza preparedness. Finland is represented in the assembly by the Minister of Health and Social Services Paula Risikko.
  • 12.05.2009 11:32

    Two cases of influenza A(H1N1) confirmed in Finland

    The first laboratory confirmed cases of influenza A(H1N1) have been discovered in Finland. The patients are two young adults from the Greater Helsinki Area who returned from Mexico on the same flight. The patients are treated at home and they both are well.
  • 23.04.2009 09:09

    Finland is preparing a National Policy on Roma

    The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has set up a working group to prepare a National Policy on Roma. Its objective is to reinforce the inclusion and equal treatment of the Roma minority in different spheres of life. The Policy covers a number of theme areas such as education, housing, health and social services, promotion of employment, promotion of the Romani language and culture, and elimination of discrimination and vulnerability. 
  • 16.04.2009 14:03

    Patient safety a topic in a ministerial conference in Prague

    Minister of Health and Social Services Paula Risikko represents Finland in a ministerial conference held in Prague on 15-16 April that focuses on patient safety and the prevention and surveillance of healthcare associated infections. In the conference Minister Risikko will be presenting Finnish programmes on antimicrobial resistance as well as the new National Patient Safety Strategy published in January.
  • 01.04.2009 14:17

    Minister Risikko visits Oslo

    Ministers and politicians responsible for health affairs and experts in health from 53 countries meet in Oslo on 1 to 2 April to discuss the effects of the ongoing economic crisis on the health situation in Europe.  The meeting seeks means to respond to the crisis, to promote health and to reduce poverty and inequality.

  • 28.02.2009 15:05

    Equality planning at workplaces is becoming more diversified

    Gender equality planning has increased and is more diversified than before. Pay surveys regarding men's and women's pay have become an integral part of the planning. Altogether 56 per cent of the workplaces that have conducted a pay survey have found differences in pay between women and men. In many cases, this observation has not led to any measures however. These results appear from a study on gender equality planning and pay surveys in Finland in 2008 carried out by the Work Research Centre of the University of Tampere, which was published on 25 February in Helsinki.
  • 28.02.2009 14:40

    MSAH website has been revised

    Hands on the keyboard The MSAH has revamped and revised its website, to make it a more user-friendly and informative service. The English language version of the website offers overviews of all the key areas of Finnish social policy. The English version of the website carries useful cross-reference links and links to other sources in English, including to MSAH publications available online, that provide more detailed information on various subjects. The new website is fully up-to-date, reflecting recent structural changes in the MSAH and its administrative sector, and the current state of reform and development within the social affairs and health sectors. The website also offers the chance to subscribe to MSAH press releases, publication information.

     

 
 
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