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Health bazaars raise awareness of health and healthy lifestyles

Belgrade, 10 May 2008

Serbian Minister of Health Tomica Milosavljevic said today that health bazaars are a good opportunity for raising citizens’ awareness of the importance of prevention since cardiovascular and malignant diseases, diabetes and other serious diseases can be detected early only with preventive checkups.

Speaking at the Republic Square in Belgrade, where a health bazaar was held today organised by the City Secretariat for Health, Milosavljevic said that health bazaars are the right way for raising citizens’ awareness of health and healthy lifestyles.

Directors of the community health centres of the Palilula and Stari Grad municipalities addressed the citizens, reminding them that health is not all, but it becomes everything once we lose it, and recalling the old saying that a healthy person has a thousand wishes, while a sick person only one.

Member of the city council Vladan Subarevic said that health bazaars will be held every weekend in Belgrade during the spring and summer, under the theme "Healthy life, healthy lifestyles and health prevention".

So far, 35 health bazaars have been held and citizens have shown great interest. Over 20,000 Belgraders availed of free medical checkups, which is a great success for this campaign. At health bazaars, early detection of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes is possible and citizens can get their blood pressure measured, as well as sugar and cholesterol levels, they can avail of dental services and advice concerning the prevention of malignant diseases, HIV, healthy diet, regular physical exercise and asthma prevention.