The FMA collaborates with various authorities and decision-making bodies in relation to the development of health care in Finland.

General practitioners are stationed in each of eleven medical districts. Specialized care is available at two small regional hospitals, at the main hospital in Tórshavn, at two small regional hospitals, and in Denmark. Old and disabled people are cared for in nursing homes or with the help of visiting home-care providers.

The standard of healthcare in Ukraine is extremely neglected with a severe lack of medical facilities and medicines. Some of the medical staff are highly trained, but some have only completed half of the training required. The healthcare is in an extremely poor state.

Health care in Slovenia is a public service provided through the public health service network. This network also includes, on an equal basis, other institutions, private physicians and other private service providers on the basis of concessions.

Slovakia has an average to poor standard of compulsory state funded healthcare and many hospitals are in debt. State healthcare is available on equal terms to all citizens and registered long-term residents.

Serbian healthcare has been severely under-funded for many years and consequently, the standard of healthcare available is of poor quality.

San Marino has a high standard of compulsory, state-funded healthcare and medical staff are highly qualified. The country ranks in the top three healthcare providers in Europe.

Medical care in Romania is generally not up to Western standards, and basic medical supplies are limited, especially outside major cities.

With 17 million km2 of surface area, the Russian Federation is the largest country in the world. It is rich in natural resources, having major deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, timber and an assortment of minerals.

Since 2002 the Portuguese health care system has been undergoing a major and long awaited reform. Just like the National Health Service in the United Kingdom, Portugal’s free health service was suffering from under investment, over subscription and was buckling under the weight of ineffectiveness.