TIRANA, November 17/ATA/ The Ministry of Health and Social Protection will use a part of its 2024 budget to support the eye test and dental care program in schools for about 220,000 children.
Minister of Health and Social Protection Albana Koçiu gave the news in a post in the social media.
Koçiu said that, “Over 173,000 children have benefited from the National Vision Program since the beginning of this year”.
This program was used for the first time in 2022 and guarantees vision care for children from newborns to 14-year-olds, offering a periodic eye check.
Meanwhile, for all those children who will happen to have vision problems, there will be a reference to the specialist doctor in the medical centers.
This program is based on the protocols approved by the Ministry of Health and the preparation of a national registry for children’s vision problems.
While the Dental Care Screening Program for children aged 6-14 years in schools aims to establish new dental cabinets in the country’s schools. For the school children in rural areas, this service is also provided with mobile dental units./k.s/p.s./
