Today at noon 12:30 the city of Ełku was held in A press conference co-organised together with the National Health Fund, Dedicated to the Health prevention campaign "World Heart Day in "The Ełku.

Annually, on the last Sunday of September The World Federation of Hearts (WHF) initiative, with participation and co-financing, WHO, UNESCO and UNICEF are celebrated World Heart Day.

The Health prevention action "world Heart Day in Ełku" will take place in From 18 to 30 September.

The aim of the action is to raise Public awareness regarding healthy lifestyles, physical activity, social Healthy eating and, above all, to perform prophylactic Cardiovascular disease prevention programme. To cooperate The largest offices and companies in Ełku were incorporated:

- Warmińsko-Mazurski Provincial branch of the NFZ in Olsztyn delegation,

-The Office City of Ełku,

-The Office Villages in Ełk County,

- Education board in Olsztyn-delegation in Ełku (schools and kindergartens),

-The Office Treasury in Ełku,

-Animex Foods Sp. z o. O. Sp. K Oddział W Ełku,

-Urban Social welfare Centre in Ełku.

In each of these From 18-30 to 11th of September, leaflets will be available to inform the The importance of a healthy lifestyle, which is at the same time an invitation to carry out Preventive research in the framework of the Cardiovascular Disease prevention programme.

This Wednesday, September 18, Warmińsko-Mazurski Regional division NFZ in Olsztyn will start a recurring project Promoting healthy lifestyles and performing preventive health research. In the The city of Ełku between 10.00 and 14.00 will be organised The NFZ position, where you will be able to:

• The European Health Insurance Card and the Create an online patient account
• Information on health prevention programmes Implemented by the NFZ (m.in. Cardiovascular disease prevention Programme, Breast cancer, cervical cancer, tobacco diseases, tuberculosis and research The rights of the patient and the functioning of the NFZ,
• Weight and body composition.

In addition, the last week of September will The VI cardiological Forum "Ełk – Here beats my Heart", which aims to The habits of healthy and active lifestyles in young elk. The Forum will be connected with the urban game.