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Research Meets Policy at Rīga Stradiņš University

On October 2, SHARE Estonia hosted an event at Rīga Stradiņš University to introduce SHARE to policymakers. Signe Tomsone and Tiina Tambaum of SHARE Estonia as well as Andrejs Ivanovs and Antanas Kairys of the Latvian SHARE team gave insights into how SHARE data can be used by policymakers. Representatives from the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Latvia, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia, the State Employment Agency, the Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and others attended the event to learn about how SHARE is coordinated and hear about real-life examples of how SHARE data can be used for policymaking.

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