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TALLINN - A meeting of Baltic health ministers and health policy leaders is to take place in Vilnius on Monday and Tuesday with a focus on the a...
Estonia is eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Paxlovid coronavirus drug after it was given the green light by the European Union. While the EU joint tender in which Estonia is a participant is dragging on, Estonian healthcare officials still find it to be the best approach.
Maris Jesse, who resigned as deputy secretary general in charge of healthcare last summer, has been rehired as adviser to new Minister of Health and Labor Peep Peterson, Delfi news portal reports.
The Ministry of Social Affairs has abandoned its plan of handing the tasks of the Estonian Institute for Health Development (TAI) over to other agencies, Maris Jesse, adviser to Minister of Health and Labor Peep Peterson, said on the "Uudis+" radio program.
Decisions like merging healthcare institutions such as the State Agency of Medicines and the Health Board and closing down the National Institute for Health Development (TAI) should not be rushed. Right now, solutions were suggested first and objectives formulated after the fact, healthcare expert Maris Jesse said in an appearance on ERR's "Otse uudistemajast" on Wednesday.