News - Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
51 news items of Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
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 ...
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 ...
The Dutch Cabinet: coffeeshop to be a private club for the local market
Coffeeshops will become private clubs for the local market. Upon recommendation by Minister Schippers of Health, Welfare and ...
Regulations pertaining to registration of ethnicity are sufficient
Upon the recommendation of Minister Donner of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and State Secretary Teeven of Security and ...
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 ...
Cabinet members for Infrastructure and the Environment have taken office
Since 14 October, Melanie Schultz van Haegen has been the new Minister and Joop Atsma has been the new Vice Minister of the ...