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As of 2013, national vaccination programmes are regulated by the Communicable Diseases Act.

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Tobacco smoking has decreased in the population since the 1980’s, while snus use has increased in recent years after having remained relatively unchanged for a longer period of time. The use of nicotine products, such as nicotine pouches and e-cigarettes, has increased among young people in recent…

The most important task within the area of infection control is preventing infections from spreading and healthcare-associated infections from emerging. As the problem of resistance increases, good infection control becomes a means of preventing antibiotic resistance from spreading.

The EU Reference Laboratory for Public Health on "High-risk, Emerging and Zoonotic Bacterial pathogens" (EURL-PH-HEZB) is, as of 1 January 2025, one of the new designated EU Reference Laboratories for Public Health (EURL). It is led by a consortium coordinated by the Robert Koch Institute’s unit…