PUBLIC HEALTH - PUBLIC HYGIENE

ΔΗΜΟΣΙΑ ΥΓΕΙΑ - ΔΗΜΟΣΙΑ ΥΓΙΕΙΝΗ

1) Search and preliminary actions for the establishment of the first Health KEP on the island of Corfu (2020).
Through the Health KEP which was finally established in 2022 in the Municipality of Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands, among other things, Health Promotion and Education programmes have already been implemented, while at the same time, citizens are informed and preventive examinations are organized for 11 main diseases, recommended by the World Health Organization and studies have shown that early detection of any symptoms and preventive intervention is highly effective and can save lives.

The 12 main diseases on which Health KEP focuses and takes care to inform by SMS and/or E-MAIL its citizens who have registered and created the corresponding information profile for preventive examinations, are:
   1. Cancer of the cervix,
    2. Colon Cancer,
    3. Prostate Cancer,
    4. Lung Cancer,
    5. Breast Cancer,
    6. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm,
    7. Cardiovascular risk,
    8. Osteoporosis
    9. Melanoma,
   10. Depression,
   11. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
   12. Dementia.

Also, during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was available and easily accessible, useful information about the pandemic as well as related actions with COVID-19 from the Municipality of Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands. ( Health KEP and COVID 19 )

2) COVID-19 pandemic (2020 - 2023)
Assistance to the Mayor of Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands throughout the duration of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic for Public Health - Public Hygiene issues. .