Damianos calls for equal access to medicine across EU
Health Minister Michael Damianos on Friday spoke in favour of a European Union proposal to stipulate that all patent holders for all medicinal products placed on the market ensure their ...
Campaign launched to raise awareness on hepatitis and HIV
Campaign launched to raise awareness on hepatitis and HIVBy Jonathan Shkurko
The Cyprus Liver Patients and Friends Association ‘Prometheus’ and the HIV/AIDS Support Centre (KYFA) held a joint press ...
Silent killer: one in three hypertensive
One in three people in Cyprus are hypertensive, Cyprus’ cardiology and pathology societies announced on Friday.
Launching a high blood pressure awareness campaign in light of World Hypertension Day, it ...
Woman dead in north after receiving wrong blood in transfusion
A woman has died in the north after being given the wrong type of blood during a transfusion.
The woman was named as 56-year-old Ayla Dalgalan, a retired teacher from ...
Efforts intensified to exterminate mosquitoes across island (Updated)
By Jonathan Shkurko and Tom Cleaver
Municipal health service officers are carrying out anti-mosquito spraying in Larnaca after continuous sightings of the Aedes aegypti, known as the yellow fever mosquito.
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Patients’ rights often violated – OSAK
The federation of Cyprus patients’ associations (Osak) on Thursday reaffirmed its committed to defending the rights of all patients and pledged to continue its “unwavering advocacy” to implement the Patients’ ...
One in ten women of reproductive age in Cyprus have endometriosis
One in ten women of reproductive age suffer from endometriosis in Cyprus, Minister of Health Michael Damianos said.
The condition affects the quality of life of millions of women worldwide ...
Gesy beneficiaries requested to update their online medical profile
The patients’ association (Osak) called on all state healthcare (Gesy) beneficiaries to activate their online medical profiles in an announcement on Thursday.
The organisation called on the public to update ...
Health affairs commissioner honoured
The Council of Europe (CoE) honoured health affairs commissioner Stella Kyriakidou as one of the 75 outstanding women for their significant contributions to the advancement of human rights.
This recognition is ...
Medical unions reject Okypy proposal on labour agreements
A proposal put forth by the State Health Services (Okypy) on collective agreements is set to be rejected once again by unions, it emerged on Thursday.
The disagreements between Okypy ...
MPs push for e-governance in healthcare
MPs stressed the importance of enhancing e-governance in the healthcare sector during a discussion on the national e-health authority at the House health committee on Thursday.
Following the meeting, committee ...
Parliament to vote on Okypy budget
The annual budget of the state health services organisation (Okypy) will be submitted to parliament’s plenum for a vote, it emerge after an extraordinary house health committee meeting on ...
‘Abuse of Gesy needs to be addressed’ (Updated)
The biggest problem plaguing the health system Gesy is abuse, Health Minister Michalis Damianou said on Thursday in a speech to the House Health Committee on the state of healthcare.
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Counter-productive to still ignore persistent Covid jab fears
Officials would do better to stop blaming misinformation, apologise for clearly illiberal measures during the pandemic, and try to reassure us that the vaccine situation is being monitored
Covid vaccines ...
Around 42 child cancer cases in Cyprus every year (Update)
An average of 42 cancer diagnoses every year are detected in people under 19 in Cyprus, according to the director of the paediatric oncology-haematology clinic of Makarios hospital in Nicosia Loizos Loizou.
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Medical centre unveils robotic exoskeleton
A Limassol-based medical centre has acquired the first robotic exoskeleton in Cyprus, marking a significant step forward in the country’s rehabilitation sector.
Melanthron Agoniston Eoka has made an investment ...
Cabinet mandates new Covid-19 measures
Access to nursing homes, hospitals and similar premises will be allowed to visitors only if they’ve tested negative for Covid-19, the cabinet formally decided on Thursday.
The announced measures ...
Cyprus introduces Novavax Covid-19 vaccine
The health ministry has announced the rollout on Thursday of the new Novavax Covid-19 vaccine for those aged 18 and over.
The new vaccine, Nuvaxovid BBB.1.5, is a protein-based vaccine, unlike ...
Life expectancy in Cyprus down ‘due to pandemic’
Life expectancy in Cyprus has fallen from 82.4 years in 2020 to 81.7 years in 2022 after dropping to a low of 81.3 years in 2021, according to an EU health report.
Despite the drop, life ...
Okypy to answer back over union rejection
The State Health Services (Okypy) is set to outline its responses after six unions rejected its latest financial proposal for collective agreements covering hospital workers.
A document containing them is ...
Cyprus joins WHO’s Global Digital Certification Network
Cyprus on Wednesday joined the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s Global Digital Certification Network.
In doing so, Cyprus is just the sixth European country to join the network.
The health ...
President and BoC oncology centre discuss solutions to centre’s financial deficits
President Nikos Christodoulides met with the Bank of Cyprus Oncology centre’s chairman of the board Christos Triantafyllidis on Friday to discuss solutions to the centre’s financial deficits.
The ...
Kanari to attend health ministers’ meeting at COP28
Health Minister Popi Kanari travelled on Sunday to Dubai to attend the COP28 world climate action summit.
According to an announcement issued by the ministry, a dedicated meeting of health ...
Cyprus healthcare expenditure stable at 6 per cent of GDP
A study released by the EU’s statistical service Eurostat on Monday revealed that social protection expenditures related to illness and healthcare in Cyprus accounted for 6 per cent of the ...