Pilot project on prevention of non-communicable diseases to be launched in Belarus

A pilot project on the prevention of non-communicable diseases is being implemented in Belarus. It will be carried out at the Minsk-based outpatient clinic N39 and the district hospital of the town of Gorki. It will come on the back of a joint study by the Belarus Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization. Experts have found out that the risk group includes smokers, alcohol drinkers, and people who ignore healthy foods.