Portugal
All residents in Portugal have access to health care provided by the National Health Service, financed mainly through taxation. Many measures have been adopted to improve the performance of the health system, including public–private partnerships for new hospitals, a change in hospital management structures, pharmaceutical reforms, the reorganization of primary care and the creation of long-term care networks. At the 2013 World Health Assembly, health financing and the impact of the economic crisis on health was the focus of a bilateral meeting between WHO/Europe and the Ministry of Health of Portugal.
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Portugal on fast track to achieve HIV targets ahead of 2020 deadline
Portuguese Minister of Health Dr Adalberto Campos Fernandes announced on 5 July 2018 that Portugal has achieved 2 of the 3 HIV targets set by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), known as the 90–90–90 targets. This puts the country on track to reach all 3 targets ahead of the 2020 deadline.
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Ministry of health
Ministry of Health
Av. João Crisóstomo, 9, 6º
Lisbon 1049-062
Tel.: +351 21 330 5159
Fax: +351 21 330 5161
http://www.portugal.gov.pt/en/the-ministries/ministry-of-health.aspx
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