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News items - Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
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 ...
First results of horsemeat investigation
The vast majority of the controls carried out by the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (Nederlandse Voedsel - en ...
Major investigation into use and trade of horsemeat
The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit - NVWA) is conducting a major ...
State Secretary for Health, Welfare and Sport: stepping up efforts to tackle female genital mutilation
Current efforts to tackle the practice of female genital mutilation, with effective information and the threat of severe ... ...
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 ...
Schmallenberg virus now confirmed at 3 cattle farms, 88 sheep farms and 5 goat farms
Minister for Agriculture and Foreign Trade Henk Bleker has notified the House of Representatives that the Netherlands Food and ...
State Secretary for Health, Welfare and Sport announces support for International Holocaust Memorial Day
State Secretary for Health, Welfare and Sport Marlies Veldhuijzen van Zanten has pledged to provide additional funding for the ...
Ban on Khat
The drug Khat is to be banned in the Netherlands. The drug damages your health and results in social problems. Khat - fresh leaves ...
High-potency cannabis reclassified as hard drug
The government plans to place cannabis with a THC concentration of 15% or higher on the Opium Act’s Schedule I, making ...
Province of Zuid-Holland expands seawards
Today, the Sand Engine project, an innovative type of coastal defence, will be launched along the coast of Zuid-Holland. The Sand ...
