Statement from the Ministry of Health: Early Diagnosis for Millions of People
Thanks to comprehensive screenings conducted nationwide over the past two years, health issues of millions of citizens were detected at an early stage.
Minister of Health Kemal Memişoğlu, in his remarks on the occasion of Public Health Week, emphasized that preventive health services have been strengthened across Turkey and shared screening data from the past two years.
The Role of Family Health Centers
Across Turkey, 8,401 Family Health Centers and 31,000 family physicians continue to provide services at points closest to citizens.
Healthy Life Centers
Support is offered in 17 different fields through a total of 357 Healthy Life Centers; these centers received 26 million visits in the past two years.
Chronic Disease Screening Results
As a result of 158 million chronic disease screenings conducted over the past two years, diseases were detected at an early stage in 14.1 million citizens.
Cancer Screening Activities
It was announced that as a result of 16.1 million free cancer screenings conducted, the disease was identified at an early stage in 36,000 people.
Combating Addiction Efforts
Within the scope of the fight against smoking addiction, the number of Smoking Cessation Outpatient Clinics nationwide was increased by 260 percent.