Week of the family and activities of the Ssa

• April 20, 2024

The Secretary of Health, José Ángel Córdova Villalobos , inaugurated the activities corresponding to the theme of Health in the Bicentennial Park (one block away from the metro refinery, in the D.F.), which are developed within the framework of the Week of the Family , with the installation of more than 10 modules on different topics, conferences, leisure, recreational and cultural activities.

Prevention and promotion are the key to having healthy families , it is also proven that any investment will be insufficient in the future to cure diseases, hence the urgency to change habits and harmful behaviors.

Córdova Villalobos announced that the information offered has to do with gender equality , the importance of taking folic acid throughout the reproductive stage to avoid neural tube defects in the newborn, detection of breast cancer and cervical cancer, among others.

It also provides information on the health of the childhood and the adolescence , to avoid early pregnancies and have better prenatal care, attention to diarrhea and its complications.

Regarding addictions, he added, talks and informative pamphlets are offered to young people and parents and in the accident area, the risks of abuse in the consumption of alcoholic drinks .

Membership in Seguro Popular and its benefits are promoted mainly in pregnant women and minors, as well as the importance of auditory sieve at newborn to detect a problem in a timely manner.

He reported that the fair of modules installed to mark the Week of the Family, which ends this March 6, provides information on the activities carried out by different government agencies to meet some of the needs of the population.

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