AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoMental Health: Two medicines—escitalopram and alprazolam—will be free through the Pharmacy of Your Choice scheme for eligible patients. The €355,000 annual investment is expected to benefit more than 5,300 people. Hospital Investment: Bids for a planned 300-bed hospital at St Vincent de Paul range from €1.74 billion to €1.87 billion, all above the government’s €1.3 billion budget, leaving the project’s funding uncertain. Cancer Prevention: A European study estimated Malta had one of the EU’s lowest cervical cancer rates, at five cases per 100,000 women, compared with 36 in Romania. Researchers called for HPV vaccination and regular screening. Separately, Eurostat figures suggest Malta’s mammography screening rate fell sharply between 2019 and 2024, though a change in how the data were defined may explain some of the drop.
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