This issue contains 4 sections.
News - Health issues
Cabinet approves long-term e-mental health funding
The cabinet has agreed to long-term funding of anonymous e-mental health, based on a proposal by the Minister of Health, Welfare ...
The responsible use of medicines, setting policies for better and cost-effective healthcare
Minister Edith Schippers held a Ministers Summit on 3 October 2012 on The responsible use of medicines, setting policies for ...
Rosenthal visits life sciences and health sector in Maastricht
On Tuesday 19 June, foreign minister Uri Rosenthal visited Maastricht Health Campus, the hub of the Dutch life sciences and health ...
Government congratulates Heineken on GBCHealth Business Leadership Award
On behalf of the Dutch government, Ben Knapen, Minister for European Affairs and International Cooperation congratulates Heineken ...
Netherlands calls on other countries to acknowledge that young people are sexually active
It is a fact that young people all over the world have sex. An open and pragmatic approach to sexuality paves the way to fewer ...
Cooperation with business community needed to tackle contraceptive shortage
The severe, and growing, global shortage of contraceptives requires a concerted effort by and improved cooperation between public ...
Knapen and IPPF head discuss taboo on sex
Breaking the taboo on young people’s sexuality, and respecting their right to the information and care they need. This was the ...
Netherlands unfreezes Libyan assets for medical supplies
The Netherlands is freeing up €100 million of the Libyan regime’s assets that are frozen in the Netherlands at the urgent request ...
The Netherlands supports Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Between now and 2013, the Netherlands will invest €163.5 million in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. On ...
Netherlands lobbies successfully for sexual rights
The Netherlands played a successful and leading role at an international conference on sexual rights and free access to ...
