public health

There is no evidence to suggest that the death of a 17-year-old Italian girl was caused by the Ebola virus, the National Public Health Organisation (NPHO) said on Wednesday. Experts on infectious diseases noted that the incident had nothing to...

Serifos' Vagia beach will become Greece's first smoke-free beach, according to a statement issued on Wednesday by the Athanassios K. Laskarides Foundation and the Municipality of Serifos. The breakthrough initiative aims to copy successful attempts first made in France and...

A new study, presented by the Hellenic Thoracic Society (HTC) on Saturday in Trikala, Greece, showed that approximately fifteen thousand Greeks die every year from smoking-related diseases. This shocking statistic comes as no surprise to most, as 37 percent of...

An outbreak of influenza, commonly known as the winter flu, has killed 18 people across the country in just one week, Greek public health authorities revealed on Friday. New data from the Greek Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO)...

Greek riot police intervened to push away a group of striking workers trying to storm the Ministry of Health in downtown Athens on Thursday. Members of the Public Health Workers' Union (POEDHN) were demonstrating against cuts in healthcare and their...

According to a health survey conducted by the Hellenic Statistical Authority, the number of smokers in Greece has decreased greatly. The Institute of Public Health attributes the results to the fact that "prevention is one of the most important...

The first official gathering and pro-cannabis legalization celebration has been organized by collectives and citizens in Greece. The festival called Athens Cannabis Protestival will take place on Saturday, May 9, at Syntagma Square in Athens. According to the organizers’ Facebook...

Tuberculosis, influenza, West Nile virus, transmitted diseases such as AIDS, pulmonary and dental diseases and mental illnesses such as depression, are the main health problems that the six-years recession in Greece has caused. Although the levels of life expectancy...

According to the newspaper Kathimerini, a set of emergency measures were announced by the government on Thursday to combat smog from fireplaces in a number of Greek cities, which reached critical levels over the past few days and poses...

According to the National School of Public Health, the recession has caused a severe trauma to public health expenditures, falling by 36% this year.  Including both the government and private individuals, the country spent around 25 billion euros, or...