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Turkey rules out extra Mpox measures for African students

Turkey rules out extra Mpox measures for African students

No Mpox cases have been detected in Turkey yet, the minister has emphasized.

Health minister: No cases of Mpox detected in Turkey

Health minister: No cases of Mpox detected in Turkey

The ministry has established a scientific advisory board after the WHO’s emergency declaration last week.

Ahead of 2-day strike in healthcare: ‘We are here, we don’t go anywhere’

Ahead of 2-day strike in healthcare: ‘We are here, we don’t go anywhere’

Healthcare workers will be on strike today, on March 14 Doctor’s Day, and tomorrow. Before this country-wide two-day strike, they protested in İstanbul’s Kadıköy and also addressed Health Minister Fahrettin Koca’s letter to physicians.

‘Family physicians investigated, fined for halting work in protest’

HDP ASKS MINISTER

‘Family physicians investigated, fined for halting work in protest’

HDP MP Güzel has addressed a Parliamentary question to Health Minister Koca, asking him about the investigations against 800 family physicians who halted work in protest and the physicians in İzmir who face pay cuts before the investigations are completed.

23 September 2021

‘Pandemic has never got out of control in Turkey’

HEALTH MINISTER KOCA

‘Pandemic has never got out of control in Turkey’

Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca has announced that they contacted the World Health Organization (WHO) through diplomatic channels and recommended that the year 2021 should be declared the ‘Year of Health Workers’ across the world.

30 October 2020

Turkish Medical Association requests a meeting with Health Minister

COVID-19

Turkish Medical Association requests a meeting with Health Minister

Turkish Medical Association (TTB) Central Council Chair Prof. Adıyaman has addressed an open letter to Health Minister Koca and expressed TTB’s demand to meet him in person to discuss the steps to be taken to prevent COVID-19 cases and fatalities.