The government of Andorra approved the signing of an agreement on the development of a bone marrow donation program between the Ministry of Health of the Principality and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Spain.
This program will be implemented with the participation of the National Transplant Organization (ONT), the Catalan Transplantation Organization (OCATT), …
MoreCésar Canales Hortelano was born in Cuenca in 1974. He has a degree in medicine and surgery from Zaragoza University. César is a specialist in family and community medicine, a master of manual medicine, as well as being qualified in osteopathy and emergency medicine in the mountains and inhospitable environments.
He works in the Virgen de …
MoreThermal tourism and a healthy lifestyle. Hydrogen sulfide baths with hot water in the open air. Saint-Thomas-les-Bains, East Pyrenees, France
Imagine an amphitheater made of stone, in the center of which is a blue lagoon, and next to it is a round pool for children. This is the outer part of the thermal complex of San …
MoreThe Council of Ministers has approved, this Wednesday, to amend the regulation that regulates the conditions for the public financing of high complexity medication.
The text is modified to introduce two types of medication that were only originally thought to be distributed to the hospital and that have been added so that they can be dispensed …
MoreThe Council of Ministers today approved, at the proposal of the Territorial Minister, Jordi Torres, the call for a second public national competition to carry out work on the creation of a staff changing room and improvement of circulation circuits of the surgical block from the Hospital of Our Lady of Meritxell.
The new project drafted …
MoreA cooperation agreement for the promotion of blood donation has been signed between Spain and Andorra
On Thursday 20th September, Andorra’s Minister of Health, Carles Alvarez, signed a cooperation agreement with his Spanish counterpart, Maria Luisa Carcedo, to promote blood donation and obtain blood components for transfusions.
The meeting aimed to ensure reciprocal and effective cooperation between …
MoreEuropean Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reported the discovery of an outbreak of listeriosis in some European countries, including Austria, Denmark, Finland and the United Kingdom. The bacterium has been detected in frozen vegetable products – ie, in corn, which was manufactured by the Hungarian company Greenyard (production date: between August 13, 2016 and June 20, …
MoreTwo expensive drugs, romiplostim and eltrombopag, will be 100% covered by CASS (Caixa Andorrana de Seguretat Social). This proposal was submitted by the minister of Health of Andorra, Carlos Alvarez, and approved by the Andorran government.
Both drugs are used to treat chronic diseases associated with an abnormal decrease in platelet count.
MoreAll foreign citizens visiting Russia for the Football World Cup, are strongly recommended to vaccinate against measles, rubella and mumps, reports World Health Organization (WHO). The vaccination should be made at least 15 days before a trip to Russia.
The Football World Cup will last from June 14 to July 15 and can attract up to …
MoreAndorra falls from the first to tenth place worldwide in healthcare quality
The Minister of Health Carles Alvarez Marfany is satisfied with the position but found important the classification
Andorran health is no longer the best in the world and now occupies the tenth position, according to the medical journal The Lancet, which publishes, every year, a …
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