An online platform that promotes a healthy lifestyle was launched with the support of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Protection. This will represent a source of information and communication between health professionals and citizens and its goal is to prevent the appearance of diseases, IPN reports.

Lilia Onea, director of the Health Information and Communication Center, said the portal is intended for all the players who promote health and for the general public that will no longer have to look for information about health on different websites. Those interested could read health news and could see the agenda of events and download different documents, reports on health risk factors, while specialists could publish different articles with their opinions about different health subjects on the platform’s blog. The public will be able to subscribe. “This platform is a unique possibility that will enable the population to familiarize themselves with the opinions of specialists,” stated Lilia Onea.

Minister of Health, Labor and Social Protection Silvia Radu said the promotion of a healthy lifestyle is the institution’s major goal. “It is important for the population to realize that it is easier to prevent a disease than to treat it. Currently, most of the information about disease prevention methods can be found online in a fragmented form. The people often inform themselves over the Internet, but there is no certainty that this information is authorized and they thus expose themselves to risks,” stated Silvia Radu.

The development of the project lasted for a year and cost €45,000, with 95% of the costs being covered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia. Estonian specialists designed the platform. Olga Goncharova, of the Development Cooperation Department of Estonia in Moldova, said Estonia has a rich experience in developing information technology and is one of the leading states that use information technology in almost all the areas. “For Estonia, access to information became vital as information makes us more powerful because it enables us to choose by being informed. In medicine, this is essential,” stated Olga Goncharova.