As Golikova explained, the need for additional reproductive health checks is due to the government’s policy of increasing the birth rate.
“For us, family is a broad concept. This is a young family, this is a family that has children, this is a healthy family, this is a working family, this is a multigenerational family. And health care must take care of every family and every family member,” said Tatyana Golikova, speaking at the National Health Congress 2023.
Reproductive health screenings are not the only innovation in the health screening program. Starting next year, it will include testing for the presence of hepatitis C antibodies (every 10 years for people over 25 years old). In addition, it will be possible to carry out disease prevention at the place of work or study: the employer has the right to organize the conditions for medical examination and clinical observation at the enterprise (organization) by concluding an agreement with an organization medical.
