The XII specialized exhibition-fair "Vitebsk Region - for a Healthy Lifestyle - 2019" will be held on September 12 and 13 (+program)

Health is the most valuable asset a person possesses, and unfortunately, many only realize this when problems arise. Words alone are not enough to teach people how to be healthy, so Vitebsk medics have taken action: on September 12-13, the XII specialized exhibition-fair "Vitebsk Region – for a Healthy Lifestyle – 2019" will open its doors.

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At the Vitebsk Concert Hall, enterprises producing healthy food products, sportswear, footwear, sports equipment, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals, as well as organizations providing health improvement services, will traditionally be represented.

Special attention will be given to representatives of medical institutions and organizations: learn about "invisible" health problems and start combating them in time, participate in contests and quizzes, take part in master classes on Nordic walking techniques or teeth brushing, and receive interesting and colorful informational materials on health preservation as gifts.

To help you navigate the "medical corridors" of the exhibition-fair, we present a list of active platforms that will be set up at the exhibition sites of regional healthcare organizations and the sanitary-epidemiological service, and the Vitebsk City Central Polyclinic:

 

Active Platforms

"Learning to be Healthy": an action to prevent cardiovascular diseases "Health Numbers: Blood Pressure"; training on blood pressure (BP) measurement techniques; measurement of height, weight, and determination of body mass index (BMI); consultations on preventing behavioral risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs); master class "Eye Gymnastics"; consultations on preventing vision impairment; consultations on strengthening immunity (therapist, ophthalmologist, allergist doctors)

Vitebsk City Central Polyclinic

"Childhood without injuries": quizzes "Safe Road to School", "I am for a Healthy Lifestyle"; master class "To the Morning Exercise!"; tactics for dealing with injuries (self and mutual aid); consultations with a pediatrician on the prevention of school injuries, promotion of physical activity, health preservation and strengthening,

Vitebsk Regional Children's Clinical Center

"Healthy Heart": campaign "Health Numbers: Blood Pressure"; training in blood pressure measurement technique; quiz "Cardiovascular System: What? How? Why?"; master class "Everyone Should Know This: Heart Attack or Stroke?", tactics for dealing with suspected heart attack or stroke (self and mutual aid); ECG diagnostics; consultations with a cardiologist on the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, prevention of vascular catastrophes, healthy lifestyle

Vitebsk Regional Clinical Cardiology Center

"Independent Life": quizzes "Alcohol and Health", "Tobacco and Health"; master class "If a Friend Suddenly Turned Out to Be..." (symptoms of psychoactive substance use); consultations with a narcologist, psychiatrist, psychotherapist on the prevention of psychoactive substance addiction, methods of refusal; information about healthcare facilities providing specialized care (helpline numbers, contact phone numbers, work schedules, addresses)

Vitebsk Regional Clinical Center for Psychiatry and Narcology

"Prevention of Metabolic Syndrome": measurement of weight, height, BMI determination, BP measurement, waist circumference; express blood glucose test; consultations with an endocrinologist on the prevention of metabolic syndrome as a risk factor for diabetes mellitus.

“Vitebsk Regional Endocrinology Dispensary” Healthcare Institution

"Healthy Smile": Master class "Oral Hygiene"; consultations with a dentist on the prevention of dental diseases

“Vitebsk Regional Clinical Dental Center” Healthcare Institution

"Healthy Choice": Campaign for early detection of skin neoplasms "Check Your Mole" (diascopy); Master class on skin care "Beauty is a terrible force"; Quiz "Natural Healers"; consultations with a dermatovenerologist, apitherapist, cosmetologist

“Vitebsk Regional Clinical Center for Dermatovenereology and Cosmetology” Healthcare Institution

"Health Recipes": Quiz "Everyone Should Know This"; Master class "Learning to Count: One, Two, Three..."; consultations with an endocrinologist on the prevention of behavioral risk factors for non-communicable diseases in the prevention of diabetes mellitus.

“Vitebsk Regional Diagnostic Center” Healthcare Institution

"Being Healthy is Great!": Campaign for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases "Health Numbers: Blood Pressure"; Quizzes "Be Healthy!", "Let's Say YES to Physical Education!", "Vitamins for Health"; Contests "Breathe Easily!", "The Jumping Dragonfly"; consultations with a valeologist, psychologist on the prevention of behavioral risk factors for non-communicable diseases, maintaining and strengthening health

“Vitebsk Regional Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health” State Institution

Exhibition-Fair Schedule:

September 12, 2019 – from 10:00 to 18:00.

Grand Opening of the Exhibition-Fair – September 12 at 11:00.

September 13, 2019 – from 10:00 to 17:00.

Grand Closing of the Exhibition-Fair – September 13 at 15:00

Free Admission.

Come!

A lot of interesting and engaging things await you. Do you prefer an active and sporty lifestyle? Don't miss the opportunity not only to learn about new sports but also to participate in them on the open ground of the Vitebsk Concert Hall. Public organizations and associations, regular participants of the exhibition fair, will offer you interesting and unexpected health improvement methods.

Can you do something better than us or do you know about self-health monitoring methods that we don't know about? We will gladly participate in your master class!!!

Come! It will be interesting and useful!

According to information from the State Institution "Vitebsk Regional Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health".