Health News in Brief: Record number of Danes have chlamydia

Not enough are using condoms despite carrying them, warns health expert

A record 31,692 Danes had chlamydia in 2015, according to Sundhedsstyrelsen, the nation’s health authority. The increase means the number of cases have risen by over 20 percent in just four years. Niels Sandø, a chief consultant at Sundhedsstyrelsen, said the rise was reflected in other STDs. “Too many people have unsafe sex,” he told Metroxpress. “Even though 90 percent intend to use a condom, many don’t.” Chlamydia can lead to infertility, ectopic pregnancies and severe pelvic pain.


 

Extra funds earmarked for cancer treatment
The government will today earmark a further 1.5 billion kroner to improving the care of cancer patients at Danish hospitals over the next four years. It is believed it will be used to purchase more scanners, hire more employees and ensure each patient has a responsible doctor. “It’s good that they recognise there must be more money if we are to maintain the high level of treatment,” said Bent Hansen, the head of Danske Regioner, according to TV News.


Are ambulances being targeted?
Following the death of a German woman over the weekend in Funen, who was killed when a large stone was thrown off a motorway flyover, reports are emerging that this is not an isolated incident in the area, and that ambulances are frequently targeted.  “It is like people have lost all respect,” ambulance driver Henrik Hachel told BT. “It can’t be right that we’re out there trying to save lives at the risk of being killed ourselves.”

 




  • Becoming a stranger in your own country

    Becoming a stranger in your own country

    Many stories are heard about internationals moving to Denmark for the first time. They face hardships when finding a job, a place to live, or a sense of belonging. But what about Danes coming back home? Holding Danish citizenship doesn’t mean your path home will be smoother. To shed light on what returning Danes are facing, Michael Bach Petersen, Secretary General of Danes Worldwide, unpacks the reality behind moving back

  • EU Foreign Ministers meet in Denmark to strategize a forced Russia-Ukraine peace deal

    EU Foreign Ministers meet in Denmark to strategize a forced Russia-Ukraine peace deal

    Foreign ministers from 11 European countries convened on the Danish island of Bornholm on April 28-29 to discuss Nordic-Baltic security, enhanced Russian sanctions, and a way forward for the fraught peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow

  • How small cubes spark great green opportunities: a Chinese engineer’s entrepreneurial journey in Denmark

    How small cubes spark great green opportunities: a Chinese engineer’s entrepreneurial journey in Denmark

    Hao Yin, CEO of a high-tech start-up TEGnology, shares how he transformed a niche patent into marketable products as an engineer-turned-businessman, after navigating early setbacks. “We can’t just wait for ‘groundbreaking innovations’ and risk missing the market window,” he says. “The key is maximising the potential of existing technologies in the right contexts.”

  • Gangs of Copenhagen

    Gangs of Copenhagen

    While Copenhagen is rated one of the safest cities in the world year after year, it is no stranger to organized crime, which often springs from highly professional syndicates operating from the shadows of the capital. These are the most important criminal groups active in the city

  • “The Danish underworld is now more tied to Scandinavia”

    “The Danish underworld is now more tied to Scandinavia”

    Carsten Norton is the author of several books about crime and gangs in Denmark, a journalist, and a crime specialist for Danish media such as TV 2 and Ekstra Bladet.

  • Right wing parties want nuclear power in Denmark

    Right wing parties want nuclear power in Denmark

    For 40 years, there has been a ban on nuclear power in Denmark. This may change after all right-wing parties in the Danish Parliament have expressed a desire to remove the ban.

Connect Club is your gateway to a vibrant programme of events and an international community in Denmark.