the latvian ministry of health has developed an action plan to reduce the risk of contracting a communicable disease promoting early intervention and diagnosis which was submitted to the cabinet of ministers for approval in latvian men tend to perceive their health as being better than women with reporting to be in good health compared to only of women there are also large disparities by income group only about one in three latvians in lowincome households report to be in good health compared to two in three in highincome households