Geographical Locations - Estonia

• (Statistical) Number of Inhabitants per Doctor: 210
• CIA World Factbook : Estonia

Organisations and Networks

UN and Multinational

• WHO
  - WHO Country Profile - Estonia
  - WHO - Tobacco control: Country Profile - Estonia
  - WHO - Environmental Burden of Disease: Country Profile – Estonia
• WHO Regional Office for Europe (EURO) in Copenhagen (Denmark)
• UNICEF At a Glance - Estonia
• UNHCR Estonia

Government

• Government of the Republic of Estonia official website
• Health Care Board
• Ministry of Education and Research
• Ministry of Social Affairs
• Health Protection Inspectorate
• Public Health
• State Agency of Medicines - State Agency of Medicines is a governmental body under the Ministry of Social Affairs. Its main responsibility is the protection and promotion of public and animal health, through the supervision of medicines and medical devices for human and veterinary use.
• Ministry of the Environment
• National Institute for Health Development - The mission of the National Institute for Health Development is the consistent health promotion of the Estonian population and the permanent rise of the quality of life through the knowledge-based development and applied research activities.
• Estonian Drug Monitoring Centre - Estonian Drug Monitoring Centre (EDMC) is an information and competence centre whose mission is to collect objective, reliable and comparable information concerning illicit drugs and drug addiction and their consequences at national level.
• Statistics Estonia

Non-Government

• Estonian AIDS Prevention Centre - "The mission of the AIDS Prevention Centre is to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS and to minimize the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in Estonia. The homepages in Estonian and Russian provide full information about HIV, its transmission and prevention, STDs, safer sex, anonymous testing, treatment, sexual violence, drug abuse, statistics, etc. "
• Estonian Genome Project Foundation - The Estonian Genome Project Foundation (EGPF) is a non-profit organization founded by the Government of the Republic of Estonia in 2001. The EGPF carries out the Estonian Genome Project (EGP) with the goal to create a database of health, genealogy and genome data that would comprise a large part of the Estonian population. The database will make it possible to carry out research both in Estonia and outside to find links between genes, environmental factors and common diseases (cancer, diabetes, depression, cardiovascular diseases, etc) and to apply the information gained from research in making new discoveries in genomics and epidemiology, which eventually lead to increasing the efficiency of health care.
• Estonian Health Insurance Fund
• Estonian OH&S Information Network - This website contains information on occupational health and safety in Estonia and links to important relevant government departments, organisations, associations and societies
• Estonian Women's Studies and Resource Centre (ENUT) - "ENUT is a grassroots, non-profit, non governmental organisation for empowering women. It serves as a specialised library on women’s and gender issues, collects and disseminates information on gender issues, raises gender awareness through seminars, conferences and publications and promotes, co-ordinates and initiates activities to advance gender equality."
• Network of Estonian Nonprofit Organisations (NENO) - Network of Estonian Nonprofit Organizations (NENO) is a national association of NGOs. NENO's work is dedicated to the development of the civic initiative and the Estonian civil society, in which NENO is a conjoining party between the public benefit non-profit and the society.
• Open Estonia Foundation - The Open Estonia Foundation (OEF) is a non-governmental not-for-profit foundation that was established in April 1990 with the support of the Hungarian-born American philanthropist George Soros. The mission of the foundation was to create conditions for the development of an open society in Estonia. Programs are driven by a vision of democracy, civil society, social responsibility, and equal opportunities in the democratic decision-making process.
• Praxis Centre for Policy Studies - PRAXIS Centre for Policy Studies is an independent not-for-profit think tank based in Tallinn, Estonia. Founded in 2000, the mission of PRAXIS is to improve and contribute to the policy-making process in Estonia by conducting independent research, providing strategic counsel to policy makers and fostering public debate.
• Ruta Kruuda Foundation - The Dr. Ruta Kruuda Foundation has been established with the aim of perpetuating Dr. Kruuda’s contribution to the study and development of Estonian public health policy. The Foundation is the first of its kind in the field of public health in Estonia. The capital assets of the fund consist of donations and contributions from individuals and organizations. Each year the Foundation will award the Dr. Ruta Kruuda Scholarship in support of Estonian scientists, university students, politicians, public servants, healthcare workers, journalists and non-profit sector representatives to carry out policy studies on the public health in Estonia.

Academic Institutions

• Estonian Centre of Behavioural and Health Sciences - "The Estonian Centre of Behavioural and Health Sciences (ECBHS) was founded in 2001 in order to develop interdisciplinary research and organise doctoral studies in the fields of behavioural and health sciences. There are 11 research groups in the Centre, which are affiliated with the University of Tartu Faculties of Social Sciences, Medicine, and Exercise and Sports Science and Institute of Law, and with National Institute of Health Development and Estonian-Swedish Institute of Suicidology."
• Estonian Social Science Data Archive - The Estonian Social Science Data Archives (ESSDA) is an interdisciplinary centre that functions as the national data bank. ESSDA forms a constituent part of the Faculty of Social Sciences of Tartu University. The chief goal of ESSDA is to contribute to the maintenance and re-utilisation of social information that has been gathered in Estonia as well as the integration of Estonia into the international exchange of social science data.
• Kohtla - Järve Meditsiinikool - The Kohtla-Järve Medical School provides vocational training for the nursing professions.
• Tallinn University's Faculty of Educational Sciences
• University of Tartu

National Policy and Related Documents

Reports, Guidelines, and Projects

• Health Care Systems in Transition: Estonia 2004 - The Health Care Systems in Transition (HiT) profiles are country-based reports that provide an analytical description of a health care system and of reform initiatives in progress or under development. The HiTs are a key element of the work of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
• Highlights on Health in Estonia - Published by WHO's Regional Office for Europe, Country Highlights give an overview of the health and health-related situation in a given country and compare, where possible, its position in relation with other countries in the region. The Highlights have been developed in collaboration with Member States for operational purposes and do not constitute a formal statistical publication. They are based on information provided by Member States and other sources as listed.
• Payment for Performance (P4P): International experience and a cautionary proposal for Estonia - "Some health systems in Europe use financial incentives for hospitals and specialist physicians linked to process and outcome indicators of performance in an attempt to improve health gain. This is called paying for performance (P4P). Can Estonia’s health system reward value for money and improved quality in hospital and other specialized care and, if so, how? These questions are discussed in a WHO report launched today: Payment for performance (P4P): international experience and a cautionary proposal for Estonia. The report advises caution in undertaking P4P but says that it can offer good value for taxpayers and the users of health services."
• United States, Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices Estonia

Educational Resources

• European Observatory on Health Systems and Policy, Country Information Estonia
• Library of Congress Country Studies Estonia