public health

Drug use rising across EU, Romanian experts and clergy step up prevention efforts

Drug consumption is rising across the European Union, while the growing diversity of substances is making it harder for health authorities to respond effectively, according to a report by the European Union Drugs Agency. In response, anti-drug specialists and clergy are stepping up prevention and awareness programmes in schools, families and local communities, seeking to…

Jan 23, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Preventive Healthcare and Health Education Program for a Thousand Children in 2016

Almost a thousand children from Ilfov and Prahova Counties benefited last year from the Preventive Healthcare and Health Education Program. The volunteers of the Chapel of the National Cathedral carried out the program from 4 August to 5 December 2016. The need for a program dealing with preventive healthcare and health education was observed during…

Jan 10, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu