MINSK, 12 April (BelTA) – The Belarusian Healthcare Ministry intends to create a website for promoting a healthy lifestyle. Belarusian Healthcare Minister Valery Malashko made the statement during the meeting with Michel Sidibe, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Program on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), BelTA has learned.
Valery Malashko stressed the relevance and importance of education activities in the sphere of healthcare. The existing forms are not very effective while working with young people and do not always allow achieving the desired result. Therefore, the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry intends to create an information web portal which will be available for both young people and mature age citizens. One of the sections will be aimed at teenagers.
"We are trying to attract creative professionals in order to organize communication in ways young people are familiar with. I think it will allow us to promote our knowledge of healthy lifestyle," the minister said.
During the meeting the question of using methadone as part of a drug addiction replacement therapy was also brought up. Valery Malashko expressed hope that the number of relevant centers in Belarus will increase.
