Luxembourg
Luxembourg is a landlocked country bordered by Belgium, France and Germany. Luxembourg’s health care system is based on three fundamental principles: compulsory health insurance, free choice of provider for patients and compulsory provider compliance with the fixed set of fees for services. The standard contribution level is set by the Union of Sickness Funds.
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Testing, treatment and comprehensive prevention – how a nurse-led program is dealing with hepatitis in prisons in Luxembourg
A prison sentence may not feel like a stroke of luck, but it can mark an opportunity for testing vulnerable populations and providing care to detainees to prevent potentially life-threatening diseases.
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Ministry of health
Ministry of Health
Villa Louvigny
Allée Marconi
Luxembourg L-2120
http://www.ms.public.lu
Publications
Building resilience: a key pillar of Health 2020 and the Sustainable Development Goals – Examples from the WHO Small Countries Initiative
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Small countries initiative
The Small countries initiative is a network of 11 Member States in the WHO European Region with populations of 2 million or less. The Initiative has acted as a laboratory for innovation and a collaborative platform.
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