News Latvia Health: Latvia and Lithuania leaders among EU countries for drowned residents
In 2016 there were 5 537 deaths of European Union (EU) residents caused by accidental drowning and submersion. The figure has been falling each year since a peak of 6 090 deaths in 2013 and corresponds to an EU average of 1.1
News Latvia Health: Report: Amazon mulls Baltic state AWS expansion
voting and health services. The news that Amazon could be planning a local cloud region was first reported by Latvian media outlet Dienas Bizness, which revealed that Amazon Data Services Latvia was ...
News Latvia Health: Money before man? Baltic booze war threatens Latvia & Estonia with health hangover
An alcohol tax war has broken out between Baltic neighbours Latvia and Estonia, who are among the EU’s biggest consumers of alcohol. First, a 25% alcohol duty cut came into force in Estonia on July 1, ...
News Latvia Health: Evening Round-Up: HSE restructure, Water fines, Dundalk's dream continues
HSE restructure: The Irish Hospital Consultants Association has said that the proposed restructuring of health services announced by the ... beat Riga 5-4 on penalties after their second leg in Latvia ...
News Latvia Health: Consequences Kristaps Porzingis Could Face After His Latest Off-Court Incident
Recently released video of a bloodied Kristaps Porzingis standing outside a bar raises new questions about his judgment and behavior. Could NBA commissioner Adam Silver end up suspending the Mavericks big man?
News Latvia Health: Plan but no money for Latvia
The Latvian Cabinet has approved the Healthcare Ministry’s healthcare service export development plan for 2019-2023. It has yet another plan to develop health tourism, but not the money to implement it. The country has so far had little success in attracting international investment into health and medical tourism facilities.
News Latvia Health: Over 2,000 Frontline Professionals Receive Migrant Health Training across Europe
The trainings across Europe aimed to improve the responsiveness of health services to migrants ... Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia ...
News Latvia Health: Countries in the Americas region to co-organize side events during the 72nd World Health Assembly
12:30pm Primary health care towards universal health coverage and Sustainable ... Organized by the delegations of Argentina, Benin, Colombia, Djibouti, France, Gabon, India, Latvia, Madagascar, Mali, ...
News Latvia Health: NBA star Kristaps Porzingis reportedly attacked at Latvian nightclub
Kristaps Porzingis left with a bloody face and torn shirt after a scuffle in Latvia ... and here I was worried about ... deaths from measles in 2017 (mostly children under five), public health experts ...
News Latvia Health: Latvia and Ukraine to step up cooperation in agriculture, transport, tourism and education
The number of Ukrainian tourists visiting Latvia grew by 27.5 percent in 2018. Latvia also sees good perspectives in the area of health tourism where the two countries already have close cooperation. ...