Türkiye is expanding its preventive health care services through 8,401 Family Health Centers and 31,000 family physicians serving citizens across the country, Health Minister Kemal Memişoğlu said Thursday.
In a post on his NSocial account marking Public Health Week, Memişoğlu said the ministry is continuing efforts to promote healthier lifestyles and strengthen early diagnosis and preventive health care.
“Eighty-one provinces, 86 million people, one single goal. A healthier Türkiye,” Memişoğlu said, adding that activities are being carried out across all 81 provinces throughout Public Health Week under seven different themes over seven days.
Memişoğlu said preventive health care services are being further strengthened under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
He noted that Türkiye currently has 357 Healthy Life Centers providing support in 17 areas, including nutrition and physical activity.
Over the past two years, 26 million visits have been made to these services, he said.
The ministry is also supporting mothers through a network of 62,000 midwives and 1,774 pregnancy schools, while its “Motherhood Journey” mobile application has 260,000 active users.
Memişoğlu said the ministry is taking a proactive approach to health care through screening and early diagnosis.
“We carried out 158 million chronic disease screenings and detected diseases at an early stage in 14.1 million citizens,” he said.
The ministry has also conducted 16.1 million free cancer screenings, detecting diseases at an early stage in 36,000 citizens and initiating the necessary treatment and follow-up processes, according to Memişoğlu.
Türkiye is also expanding efforts to combat smoking addiction. The number of Smoking Cessation Clinics has increased by 260% to 1,678, the minister said.
“We will continue working toward a healthcare system that protects health, detects diseases early and supports healthy living, and remain by the side of our citizens in every corner of Türkiye,” Memişoğlu said.
He called on citizens not to postpone health checks and encouraged them to visit Family Health Centers and Healthy Life Centers.
