Kazan joined the Association for Improving the Health and Life Quality of the Population

(KZN.RU, November 27). Kazan joined the Association for Improving the Health and Life Quality of the Population “Healthy Cities, Districts and Villages”. The decision was made on November 21 at the public hearings of the Association “Family Health Savings Policy: Effective Municipal Practices” in the Public Chamber of the RF in Moscow. According to the head of the World Health Organization in Russia, Kazan can enter the European network “Healthy Cities”. Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, reported this on the Business Monday today.

Damir Fattakhov, the first deputy head of Executive Committee, presented Kazan's application at the hearing. He noted that the status of “Healthy Kazan” is one of the main priorities of the urban development and told the associations about the most significant projects implemented in the Tatarstan’s capital: major repairs of health facilities, including the primary link, the development of sports infrastructure, the arrangement of public spaces, social projects. Members of the organization unanimously supported the application of Kazan.

Melita Vuinovich, the head of the World Health Organization in Russia, supported the application of the city as well. According to Ilsur Metshin, M. Vuinovich expressed the official opinion that Kazan has a good opportunity and should become a member of the WHO project “Healthy Cities” and enter the European network of cities. “It is noted that we have good prerequisites for creating a healthy environment. This is the presence of high-tech medicine, a stable increase in life expectancy, a modern sports infrastructure for mass sports events and good, stable skills in organizing world-class sports competitions”, marked the Mayor of Kazan. M. Vuinovich arrived in the capital of Tatarstan in April this year and was able to personally assess the conditions.

I. Metshin noted that Russia has only 12 quotas for cities. He marked that joining the European network will open access to health-saving technologies, which are already being applied in the member countries of the organization. “We are on a par with the best cities, the best capitals and countries where these health-saving technologies are used for a long time. This will allow us to approach the solution of the tasks that we set for ourselves in Strategy-2030. We said that we want to become a territory of health and longevity”, said Ilsur Metshin.

Another 8 cities joined the Russian association along with Kazan. Thus, the number of members of the organization has increased to 58, and the number of residents of participating cities has exceeded 15 million people.

For reference

The Association for Improving the Health and Life Quality of the Population “Healthy Cities, Districts and Villages” is a cross-cutting site for the implementation of modern strategies and new management approaches for creating a health-saving space in the RF.

Today, the association includes municipalities from seven federal districts of Russia (Volga, Siberian, North-Western, North-Caucasian, Southern, Central, Far Eastern), with a population of more than 14 million people.

The Association conducts assessment and extension of the best municipal practices, organizes training thematic seminars and webinars with the participation of experts, and develops new initiatives and projects, aimed at improving the health and life quality of the population.

The practical experience of the association is the Interdepartmental Strategy of the RF on the formation of a healthy lifestyle of the population, prevention and control of noninfectious disease until 2025 as an effective modern approach to the formation of a unified health-saving environment.