Results 197 new cases of PSV were diagnosed during these years – HSP in 154, KD in 35, Churg-Staruss syndrome in 2, and polyarteritis nodosa in 3 cases, respectively. Wegener granulomatosis, microscopic polyangiitis and hypocomplementaemic urticarial vasculitis were all diagnosed in one patient. The age distribution ranged from 3 months to 16 years, in cases of KD – from 2 months to 13 years. 3...

Attacks against IT systems are common and attackers are often making headlines by compromising secure and critical systems to carry out malicious activities. These attacks aggravate during political conflicts and hackers get involved in destroying each other’s IT infrastructure ultimately leading to a cyber war. History has witnessed many cyber wars and the cyber attack against Estonia in April...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is prevalent worldwide and is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. This article describes the trend in HBV occurrence in Estonia from 1990 to 2005 in Estonia, with the aim of highlighting key determinants in transmission dynamics, risk groups, and possible implications for prevention and control. A marked increase in reported numbers of new HBV cases...

Ticks were collected from the vegetation in the Baltic countries Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and eastern Poland and analyzed for the presence of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) by amplification of the partial E and NS3 genes. In Estonia we found statistically significant differences in the TBEV prevalence between I. persulcatus and I. ricinus ticks (4.23% and 0.42%, respectively). In Latvia...

OBJECTIVES From 2020, the ownership of community pharmacies in Estonia will be limited to the pharmacy profession, and the vertical integration of wholesale companies and community pharmacies will not be allowed. The aim of this study was to evaluate the perception of different stakeholders in primary healthcare toward the new regulations of the community pharmacy sector in Estonia. METHODS A...

UNLABELLED Pharmacists have an important role in detecting, preventing, and solving prescription problems, which if left unresolved, may pose a risk of harming the patient. OBJECTIVE The objectives of this study were to evaluate the feasibility of a generic study instrument for documentation of prescription problems requiring contact with prescriber before dispensing. The study was organized:...

31st ISTA Congress Tallinn, Estonia 15–17 June 2016

BACKGROUND The political and social transition in central and eastern Europe has been generally associated with widening educational differences in life expectancy. However, interpretation of these findings is complicated because the size of educational categories within the population has also changed. It is therefore important to disentangle these two phenomena. SETTING The Czech Republic, ...

Estonia had the highest rate of newly diagnosed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in the European Union (24.6/100,000) and an estimated adult HIV prevalence of 1.3% in 2013. HIV medical care, including antiretroviral therapy (ART), is free of charge for people living with HIV (PLHIV). To maximise the health benefits of HIV treatment, universal access should be achieved. Using data from s...