TIRANA, November 6/ATA/- As many as 411,503 citizens have undergone free check-ups in 10 months, up by 12% year-on-year, under the government’s preventive check-up programme launched in 2015 in a bid to improve the population’s access to preventive services offered by primary health care, the Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama stated Wednesday while sharing on the social media the data provided by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection.
According to Health Minister the number of individuals getting the free primary health check-ups has doubled since 2015, when this national programme was launched to improve the population’s health and increase disease prevention.
The Ministry of Health said that, around 26.2% percent of the citizens who have undergone health check-ups have high cholesterol levels and risk blood vessel conditions, heart and brain diseases.//a.i/
