Greece wins first-ever UN, WHO award for public health prevention

[InTime News]

Greece was recognized Thursday by the United Nations and the World Health Organization for its advancement successful preventing chronic diseases and addressing puerility obesity. It marked the archetypal clip the state has been honored by the UN.

Alternate Health Minister Irini Agapidaki accepted the grant astatine a ceremonial successful New York, stressing that governmental committedness indispensable beryllium backed by science, accountability and semipermanent planning. She credited Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for elevating prevention to a ministerial level and for supporting reforms aimed astatine a “healthier future” for citizens.

The grant highlights initiatives such arsenic the Prolamvano program, which has provided much than 4 cardinal escaped preventive wellness screenings and a nationwide enactment program against puerility obesity successful collaboration with UNICEF.

At a related UN summit, Agapidaki noted that prevention has go embedded successful mundane beingness successful Greece and announced that Athens will big the Global Conference connected Childhood Obesity successful February 2026.