The aim of health care in Finland is to maintain and improve health, well-being, work capacity and functional and social security of people, as well as reducing health inequalities. The system is based on preventive health care and comprehensive, well-managed health services. The MSAH (Ministry of Social Affairs and Health) is responsible for social and health policy and the preparation of associated legislation. (MSAH, 2013) The Finnish healthcare system has undergone great changes since the Second World War and the entire public system is a success story. A network of maternity and child health clinics was established in the 1940s and soon after, women's life expectancy increased by almost nine years. (Sitra, 2009.) “Maternity boxes”, a great Finnish innovation, were an excellent way to bring pregnant women to the maternity ward. Maternity boxes also received a lot of publicity abroad, when the BBC published a story titled “Why do Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes?” According to journalist Lee, "the box provided mothers with what they needed to care for their babies, but it also helped direct pregnant women into the arms of doctors and nurses in Finland's nascent welfare state." . In the 1930s, Finland was a poor country and infant mortality was high – 65 out of 1,000 babies died. But the numbers quickly improved in the decades that followed. » I'm sure this big thank you belongs in the maternity boxes. Mika Gissler, professor at the National Institute of Health and Welfare in Helsinki, believes that there are many reasons for this: abandoning maternity hospitals, but also the national health insurance system and the hospital network central. (Lee, H. 2013.) Health services consist of two parts: primary health care and middle of paper......to urinate under the full moon. Circumcision is very common in Ethiopia. This is the case for almost all men and 90% of women. It is also a huge health risk. (Hodes, R. 1997.) Cultural issues can also cause a lot of harm in European countries, although they are very different from the problems in Ethiopia. There are people living from all over the world in the UK. This is a big challenge for doctors and nurses: linguistic and cultural backgrounds can be very strange. I think Finland will gradually face the same problem: we have a lot of immigrants, but very often we cannot speak their language or do not know their cultural habits. In my opinion, the lifestyle in the UK and Finland is quite similar and poses a significant health risk: Meanwhile, when Ethiopians are starving, Finns and Brithis eat junk food and drink too much of alcohol, which makes them sick..