More than 20 programs implemented in the Vitebsk region are aimed at promoting a healthy lifestyle

September 14, Vitebsk /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. More than 20 programs implemented in the Vitebsk region are aimed at promoting a healthy lifestyle among the population. This was stated today at the opening of the IV specialized exhibition-fair "Vitebsk Region - for a Healthy Lifestyle-2011" by the head of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Healthcare Department, Yuri Derkach, reports BELTA correspondent.

"Regional programs such as 'Clean Water', for the development of roadside services, for the intensification of crop production, and many others, through the implementation of a certain set of measures, aim to improve the standard and quality of people's lives, and consequently, their health," emphasized Yuri Derkach.

Touching upon the organization of health fairs, mass sports and entertainment events with the participation of various categories of citizens, the head of the department recalled that all of them are tasked with attracting the public's attention to issues of maintaining their own health as the highest value, motivating them to lead a healthy lifestyle, and obtaining as much information as possible on this issue. "And we see a growing interest from people in such events," he noted.

More than 50 industrial enterprises, medical, educational, and public organizations of Vitebsk became participants of the exhibition-fair "Vitebsk Region - for a Healthy Lifestyle-2011". The exhibition exposition provides an opportunity to get acquainted with a wide range of products and services that promote a healthy lifestyle. If desired, visitors can receive consultations from a cardiologist, pediatrician, endocrinologist, allergist, oncologist, dentist, and other specialists, obtain a health passport, undergo an ECG, or measure their blood pressure. The exhibition will be accompanied by numerous presentations of goods and services by its participants.

The organizers of the exhibition-fair are the Regional Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health, the Vitebsk Branch of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, with the support of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee.-0-