The key aim of Kyrgyzstan’s ‘Be Responsible!’ program is to encourage men to attend primary health care institutions for check-ups and specifically, the early detection of non-communicable and chronic diseases.
According to a new report by the country’s Ministry of Health, in just under a month, more than 680,000 men visited family doctors. For 149,000, it was either their first ever visit or the first in two years.
The Ministry of Health’s press centre hailed the success of the widespread campaign to attract attendances saying, “More than 44,000 men were categorized as…