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• Latvia hosts conferences on healthy ageing to mark World Health Day 2012
  24-04-2012
  In celebration of World Health Day 2012 and its theme: "Good health adds life to years", two conferences were held in Latvia to discuss ways to promote healthy ageing. The first took place at Riga City Hall on 12 April and the second was hosted by the Parliament of Latvia on 13 April.
• Environment and health training workshop in Latvia
  27-03-2012
  Seventy participants from the health end environment sectors of eight countries (Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia) attended a training workshop on environment and health in Riga, Latvia from 19 to 23 March 2012.
• Latvia moving ahead in saving maternal lives
  13-03-2012
  On 6–9 March, a national workshop on Beyond the Numbers (BTN) was held in Riga, Latvia, to discuss and adopt new ways to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity in the country.
• Minister of Health of Latvia signs agreement with WHO/Europe
  31-01-2012
  On 25 January 2012, Dr Ingrida Circene, Minister of Health, Latvia met with Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO Regional Director for Europe and signed the Biennial Collaborative Agreement setting out areas of joint work between the Ministry and WHO/Europe for 2012–2013.
• Latvia launches new public health strategy
  26-04-2011
  Latvia has launched a new public health strategy for 2011–2017 in partnership with WHO/Europe. The strategy was launched and discussed at a Better Health for All in Latvia conference in Riga this week.
• Latvian Minister of Health visits WHO/Europe
  25-02-2011
  On 24 February 2011, Juris Barzdins, Minister of Health of Latvia, visited WHO/Europe to discuss collaboration with WHO, including WHO/Europe’s contribution to the development of the Latvian public health strategy.
• 13th KNCV/WHO Regional Training on Tuberculosis Control Programme Management: applications welcome
  21-02-2011
  The KNCV/WHO Regional Training on Tuberculosis Control Programme Management aims at improving management skills and providing trainees with ample opportunities to reflect on and plan for the challenges they are facing. Applications are welcome until 15 June 2011.
• WHO/Europe contributes to health budget discussions in Latvia
  01-09-2010
  WHO experts contributed to discussions 08 September 2010 at the Latvian parliament on the development of a public health strategy and the health budget.
• Latvian Minister of Health visits WHO/Europe to discuss health priorities
  16-07-2010
  The new Minister of Health of Latvia, Mr Didzis Gavars, and the State Secretary, Mr Rinalds Muciņš, held discussions with the WHO Regional Director for Europe, Ms Zsuzsanna Jakab, and key WHO experts about the collaboration between WHO and Latvia.
• Workshop on TEACH-VIP, Riga, 27–28 April, 2010
  18-05-2010
  A modular training course on injury prevention and control, developed with the input of a global network of injury experts, and applicable for a wide variety of audiences was held on 27-28 April 2010 in Riga.
• Meeting of national stakeholders and primary health care providers on lessons learned in the area of cervical cancer prevention in Latvia and Europe, Riga, 15–16 April 2010
  17-04-2010
  Meeting of national stakeholders and primary health care providers
• World Health Day, 7 April 2010
  08-04-2010
  World Health Day celebrations in Latvia