Content about medical care
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Statement by Minister for Health Care Acko Ankarberg Johansson on proposed EU pharmaceutical legislation
Statement from Minister for Health Care Acko Ankarberg Johansson.
Published · Statement from Acko Ankarberg Johansson, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
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Swedish Minister for Health Care and Ukrainian Minister of Health sign agreement on continued support to Ukraine’s path to the EU and its health care
Minister for Health Care Acko Ankarberg Johansson and Ukrainian Minister of Health Viktor Liashko have signed a technical agreement between Sweden and Ukraine. The aim is to intensify cooperation and advance Ukraine’s process of integration into the EU. Ms Ankarberg Johansson also visited several care facilities in Kyiv, including the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital that Russia attacked in July.
Published · Press release from Acko Ankarberg Johansson, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
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Sweden’s development assistance for global health and SRHR makes a difference and saves lives
Sweden is an active force for child and maternal care, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and other health care around the world. Support to health care in Ukraine, access to SRHR, and fundamental health and vaccination campaigns are important focus areas. Cooperation with civil society is also being strengthened. The annual development assistance for health report, published today, 11 October, outlines all of this and much more.
Published · Press release from Benjamin Dousa, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
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Sweden’s development assistance for health 2023
In 2023,Sweden’s development assistance for health totalled approximately SEK 5.7 billion. Support to health care in Ukraine, access to SRHR, and fundamental health and vaccination campaigns are important focus areas.
Published · Report from Ministry for Foreign Affairs
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Focus on global health issues at UN General Assembly Session
On 24–26 September, Minister for Health Care Acko Ankarberg Johansson attended the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. She also represented Sweden in a High-level Meeting on antimicrobial resistance and a panel on cervical cancer.
Published · Article from Acko Ankarberg Johansson, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
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Karin Tegmark Wisell apppointed as Sweden’s Ambassador for Global Health
The Government’s new reform agenda, ‘Development assistance for a new era – freedom, empowerment and sustainable growth’, has a particular focus on improved health for the most vulnerable people. Initiatives are needed to improve prospects of good health, ensure functioning health and medical care systems, and strengthen preparedness, in order to better address health threats at global level. Sweden has an important role to play in these efforts.
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Agreement with United States promotes cancer research
Sweden and the US have entered into a bilateral cooperation agreement on cancer research and care. The agreement builds on the cooperation agreement that the two countries concluded in 2016 with the aim of accelerating research results through increased exchange.
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Ministerial statement on proposed EU Pharmaceutical Legislation
Statement from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Energy, Business and Industry Ebba Busch and Minister for Health Care Acko Ankarberg Johansson
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This is the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
Brochure in pdf format that presents the Department of Social Affairs' areas of responsibility, organization and management.
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Key health and medical care actors gathered at conference on support to Ukraine
The will to support Ukraine is strong among Swedish health and medical care actors from both the public and private sectors. The Ministry of Health and Social Affairs and Swecare held a Conference on Support to the Recovery and Development of Health Care in Ukraine on 1 December to harness this engagement and discuss how Swedish support can be put to best use.
Published · Article from Acko Ankarberg Johansson, Jakob Forssmed, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
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Updated Swedish strategy to combat antibiotic resistance
The Swedish Government has adopted an updated strategy to combat antibiotic resistance (AMR). The overarching goal continues to be preserving the possibility of effective treatment of bacterial infections in humans and animals. The strategy will apply until the end of 2025.
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Conference with key health and medical care actors to strengthen support to Ukraine
On 1 December, Minister for Health Care Acko Ankarberg Johansson and Minister for Health and Social Affairs Jakob Forssmed will co-host a conference to discuss Sweden’s support to Ukraine’s health and medical care system. The conference, which will convene both public and private sector actors, aims especially to outline how Ukraine’s health care system can be rebuilt, strengthened and modernised.
Published · Article from Acko Ankarberg Johansson, Jakob Forssmed, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
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Rare diseases and cancer care in focus during health care minister’s visit to New York
Minister for Health Care Acko Ankarberg Johansson took part in the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York. Among her various activities during the meeting, Ms Ankarberg Johansson took part in a panel discussion on rare diseases, sponsored by Sweden and Spain together with the organisation Rare Diseases International.
Published · Article from Acko Ankarberg Johansson, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
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Sweden’s development assistance for health 2022
Sweden’s development assistance for health amounted to approximately SEK 6 billion in 2022. This report focuses on the contributions Sweden’s development assistance for health has made in four key areas, including sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and prevention and management of health threats.
Published · Report from Ministry for Foreign Affairs
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Life sciences conference in era of personalised medicine
On 26–27 June, Europe’s key stakeholders in the life sciences sector will gather to highlight the importance of research and innovation in personalised medicine. The conference, organised within the framework of the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU, will be live-streamed.
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Jakob Forssmed takes part in EPSCO in Luxembourg
On Tuesday 13 June, Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health Jakob Forssmed will chair the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) in Luxembourg.
Published · Press release from Jakob Forssmed, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
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Minister for Health Care raised important health care issues for the EU at World Health Assembly
The theme of this year’s World Health Assembly (WHA) was the World Health Organization (WHO) at 75 and the work it does. Representing the EU and its Member States, Minister for Health Care Acko Ankarberg Johansson took part on the first two days (21–22 May).
Published · Article from Acko Ankarberg Johansson, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
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National Board of Health and Welfare to assess possibility of donating medical equipment and supplies to disaster-affected or war-torn areas
In response to requests – mainly from Türkiye and Syria – for support to foreign disaster-affected or war-torn areas, the Government has tasked the National Board of Health and Welfare with assessing the possibilities of providing assistance. The agency should examine what medical equipment or materials, or other supplies, may be needed to provide care, and can be donated from available stock or Sweden’s regions after all domestic needs have been met. The Government is allocating SEK 45 million for this purpose.
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Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health appointed member of the Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance
Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health Jakob Forssmed has been appointed member of the Global Leaders Group (GLG) on Antimicrobial Resistance. The GLG comprises world leaders and experts working together to accelerate action on antimicrobial resistance.
Published · Press release from Jakob Forssmed, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
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Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health Jakob Forssmed to attend Third Global High-level Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance
Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health Jakob Forssmed will attend the Third Global High-level Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance in Muscat, Oman, on 24–25 November 2022.
Published · Press release from Jakob Forssmed, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs