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6 March 2024

Blue March: colorectal cancer awareness month

An annual event, the month of March is devoted to raising public awareness about colorectal cancer prevention and screening.
Establishment of a maternity leave scheme for self-employed professionals

23 February 2024

Establishment of a maternity leave scheme for self-employed professionals

On 22 February 2024 the law establishing a maternity leave scheme for self-employed professionals affiliated with CAMTI (the national health insurance fund for the self-employed) has passed. 
Papillomavirus: vaccinate your teens

22 January 2024

Papillomavirus: vaccinate your teens

Human papillomaviruses (HPV) are highly contagious viruses that infect the skin and mucous membranes. Over the course of their lifetime, 90% of men and women will have at least one HPV-related infection. The danger of the virus is that it goes unnoticed but can cause oral and genital cancers.
Handipact - National Plan for the disability inclusion

18 December 2023

Handipact - National Plan for the disability inclusion

The Minister of Health and Social Affairs has appointed Lionel GALFRE, Technical Advisor responsible for people with disabilities, to head up the National Plan for the disability inclusion at the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs.

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