Ministry of Health and Care Services
Bent Høie (Con.)
Minister of Health
Terje Søviknes (PrP)
Minister for the Elderly and Public Health
Documents
National health preparedness plan
The aim of the national health preparedness plan is to provide a comprehensive overview of the health and care sector’s preparedness, including preparedness for various social services. The plan constitutes the basis for how the health sector handles all types of crises and disasters.
Dementia Plan 2020
The care services of tomorrow must be designed and developed together with users, patients and close family members in cooperation with volunteers, non-profit organisations and private actors, and they must be based on sound expertise, effective management and multidisciplinary cooperation.
News from the Ministry
Toward a more humane drug policy
Norway has put human rights and civil society on the agenda during its Presidency of the Council of Europe's cooperation on drug policies.
Free HPV vaccine to boys
11/05/2017: The Government will offer HPV vaccine to all 7th grade boys as part of the Childhood Immunisation Programme. The offer will be introduced from the school year 2018/2019.
Latest news
- - A historic day for Norwegian drug policy News story 20/12/2019
- Norway to provide assistance for response to measles outbreak in Samoa News story 02/12/2019
- Norway Launches International Development Strategy on Combating Non-Communicable Diseases Press release 22/11/2019
- The Norwegian intervention at the High Level meeting on Universal Health Coverage at the UN General Assembly Speech/statement 24/09/2019
- Press release: Norway to send assistance to Ebola victims in DR Congo News story 19/07/2019
- New action plan to combat hunger Press release 21/06/2019
- Norway joins European collaboration for cross-border access to genomic data News story 06/06/2019
- The Minister of Health's Keynote Address at the 72nd World Health Assembly Speech/statement 21/05/2019
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