Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, oncology, rare diseases, neonatology, mental health, nutrition, diabetes and dental prevention are the main risk areas on which the National Prevention and Screening Strategy will be structured, announced on Friday the Minister of Health, Alexandru Rogobete.

„Today we brought together the working group to develop the National Prevention and Screening Strategy. It is the moment when we lay the foundations for a process that must truly change the way Romania approaches prevention: clear, organized and accessible to every patient. For too long, screening has functioned fragmentedly, through isolated programs, difficult to understand and difficult to access. Today, we are starting to build a system in which people know exactly when, where, why and how they can be tested. The strategy will be structured on the main areas of risk and impact for the population: cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, oncology, rare diseases, neonatology, mental health, nutrition, diabetes and dental prevention. These areas represent the core of a modern prevention system, the real capacity to identify diseases early and save lives,” Rogobete wrote on Facebook.

He specified that the National Prevention and Screening Strategy will be doubled by a national master plan, which will establish the complete route for each screening component: where the centers are located, who works in them, how the services are integrated and what the direct benefits for the patient are.

„The goal is simple: prevention should become a predictable process, not a bureaucratic lottery. Family medicine is the central pillar of this system. Without family doctors integrated into screening and prevention, we cannot talk about a functional model. They are the patient’s first contact with the system, those who identify the risk, provide correct guidance and can transform prevention into a natural gesture, not an exception,” Rogobete emphasized.AGERPRES