WHO evaluated the program of medical examinations in the Healthy Moscow pavilions

The city authorities announced the resumption of the Healthy Moscow project, under which Muscovites can undergo a comprehensive medical examination free of charge in specially equipped pavilions installed in various city parks. The number of check-ups in the Healthy Moscow pavilions is greater than during standard medical examinations, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said as he opened one of the health check-up pavilions in Izmailovsky Park last week.

What in RUSSIA is usually called a medical examination in international practice is called "screening" (from the English screening "selection, sorting").

Clinical examination  is a complex of preventive medical measures, including a physical examination and a number of additional screening studies. The main purpose of clinical examination is to identify non-communicable, chronic diseases, as well as factors that threaten the development of these pathologies.

Medical screening  - usually for a specific disease. For example, you can talk about screening for cervical cancer or screening for diabetes. The goal of screening is to identify a specific disease before symptoms appear.

“Screenings are programs that involve identifying groups in the general population that are considered healthy (generally not having any symptoms), and health care uses a relatively simple medical test that can determine if a person has a specific disease,” RBC explained. World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in Russia Melita Vujnovich. The goal of screening, she said, is to reduce the number of deaths and the number of new cases. Early diagnosis is aimed at people who are at high risk and have some symptoms (even minor ones), and is aimed at reducing mortality and complications, she said.

“It should be noted that this initiative (the Healthy Moscow project) raises public awareness of the importance and burden of non-communicable diseases, as well as the importance of early diagnosis of certain diseases, such as hypertension, diabetes <…> and, of course, lifestyle changes ”, Vujnovic said.