REPUBLICAN MEDICAL PREVENTION CENTRE

REPUBLICAN MEDICAL PREVENTION CENTRE. Organizes and coordinates medical prevention in the healthcare system, propagates healthy life-style. Located in Ufa. Founded in 1921. It consists of the Instructional Department, the Department for Risk Factor Monitoring of Non‑Infectious Diseases, etc. The centre takes part in inter‑agency campaigns dedicated to World Health Day, World Blood Donor Day, International Children’s Day, World Hypertension Day, World AIDS Day, etc. It distributes memos, posters, calendars, conducts surveys and demonstrates videos on prevention of drug and alcohol abuse, prevention of tobacco smoking, healthy life style and other topics. There are active health schools (Cardioclub, Lipid Centre, Asthma School, Diabetes Mellitus, Health and Sport, and others). In 2018, it had about 50 employees, 10 of them are general physicians.