Project code: 0410-2SC-HLT-PC2-004

Project title: Steps to Health: Prevention for a Better Quality of Life

Title of the support measure: Swiss-Slovak Health Programme

Specific objective: Strengthening social systems

Beneficiary: Banská Bystrica Self-Governing Region

Website: https://www.bbsk.sk/

Project grant: EUR 1 038 008,00

Project start date: 14.11.2025

Planned project end date: 31.12.2028

Slovak partners: Banská Bystrica Region Tourism

Foreign partners: no

Project summary:

The Banská Bystrica Self-Governing Region faces serious health challenges—high mortality rates from cardiovascular and oncological diseases, an aging population, poverty, and low health literacy. The project “Steps to Health: Prevention for a Better Quality of Life” provides a systematic response through the prevention of noncommunicable diseases and health promotion. At its core is the creation of a prevention coordinator position, which will connect stakeholders and participate in a national multisectoral network. The project includes lectures on healthy lifestyles, exercise programs for seniors, the “Get Moving, Go Running” and “Get Moving, Go Cycling” motivational campaigns, and community screenings in collaboration with Centres for Integrated Social and Health Care. The project is expected to engage thousands of residents, increase health literacy, and promote a healthier lifestyle.

Project results:

• Coordinated involvement of self-governments in NCD prevention and health promotion
• Increased awareness and understanding of NCDs and health promotion among the general public

Project outputs:

2.1 Active involvement of self–governments in defined tasks in the field of NCD prevention and health promotion

2.2 Self-governments informed about best practices in NCD prevention and health promotion

3.1 NCD prevention and health promotion interventions implemented by self-governments

Project activities:

a0	Project Management
a1	Establishment of a prevention coordinator position
a2	Active participation in a multisectoral network and communication platform coordinated by the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic
a3	Health education for the general public
a4	Initiatives to increase the population’s level of physical activity
a5	Promotion of physical activity as a means of preventing noncommunicable diseases
a6	Year-round maintenance of cycling, hiking, and cross-country skiing trails to promote physical activity among the population
a7	Identification of risk factors or early signs of disease in asymptomatic individuals

 

Project contract published: 2219/2025 | Centrálny register zmlúv