At the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic (MZ SR) on December 1nd, 2025, the event took place on the basis of a successful health policy, implemented within the project Strengthening the management of prevention of non-communicable diseases and health promotion in Slovakia 2025, 2028 Switzerland-Slovak Health Programme. The co-organisers were the Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatics of the Slovak Republic, the Public Health Office of the Slovak Republic and the Regional Public Health Office of Bratislava.
The event was held during the visit of Swiss partner RADIX (Switzerland Health Foundation) in Slovakia. It brought together prevention coordinators from MZ SR, Public Health Office of the Slovak Republic, Regional Public Health Offices, representatives of self-governing regions and local authorities, non-profit organizations as well as experts from several departments, Institute for Strategies and Analysis of the Slovak Government Office, Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, State Institute for the Control of Medicine and Health Insurance.
Together, they sought sustainable solutions to strengthen national health prevention and promotion policies in workshops on:
- Policies and management of health promotion and disease prevention in Switzerland and Slovakia.
- Innovative approaches to prevention: Behavioral and cultural determinants of health - the state of Slovakia.
- Road map (road map) development of the model for disease prevention management and health promotion.
- State of health promotion in Slovakia and Switzerland at regional and local level.
- National portal for good practice in health promotion and prevention of non-communicable diseases.
- How to finance sustainable health promotion and prevention of non-communicable diseases?
The long-term objective of the project is to create a modern, sustainable health prevention and promotion model that will work effectively after the implementation phase.
Swiss experts presented the best practice of their decentralised prevention model and the results of projects carried out in two Swiss cantons, thus providing experience that can inspire national solutions in Slovakia.
Experts stressed the need to strengthen evidence-based policy-making, improve inter-ministerial coordination, take advantage of digital technologies, artificial intelligence and societal innovation and seek effective ways to finance preventive programmes.
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