ROMA (ITALPRESS) – With more than 70 thousand medical consultations, performed free of charge, starting in 2018, in more than 80 Italian squares, is ready to start the eighth edition of the Health Tour, the first itinerant event, with a multidisciplinary approach, dedicated to the prevention and promotion of correct lifestyles. An initiative of these times even more precious and destined to carry out an important function of additionality, in the light of the many difficulties experienced by citizens in access to care. The medical consultations carried out in recent years have in fact allowed to detect numerous diseases and problems, averaging potentially serious consequences for thousands of unaware people. Prevention, today more than ever, is therefore fundamental. In line with this mission ASC Sport activities Confederate, with the sponsors of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies, and with the unconditional contribution of EG STADA Group, promotes the new edition of the Tour of Health, whose contents were illustrated in the morning in Rome, in the auditorium of the Ministry of Health, during a press conference to which they took part the president of the scientific committee of the Tour During the meeting with the press the 15 stages of the Tour of Health 2026 were unveiled, which this year will begin its long journey on 11 April in Gorizia, to conclude it on 25 October in Reggio Calabria. In the middle of Chioggia, Imperia, Imola, Turin, Latina, Perugia, Grosseto, Fano, Pescara, Aversa, Sondrio, Bari and Palermo. During each stage, which will last two days, from Saturday morning to Sunday evening, will be set up a real village of health and sport, equipped with 6 outpatients, in which it will be possible to undergo free and in full safety, under the control of qualified representatives of the main scientific societies, to consults of cardiological, rheumatological, dermatological, nutritional and psychological type. Complete the picture the space reserved for interviews with a veterinarian on the problems of pets. It will also be distributed information material, edited by Federfarma, on the prevention and screening services available in pharmacies. Further initiatives may be planned in accordance with the Federfarma Provincial Associations. “Sport is a powerful tool for prevention, well-being and quality of life – said Maria Cecili Morandini, national president ASC –. Like A.S.C., we firmly believe that practicing physical activity with regularity is one of the fundamental pillars for healthy and balanced life, capable of reducing the risks associated with the main pathologies and improving psychophysical well-being at all ages. The Health Tour is a precious opportunity for us to reiterate this message and bring more and more people closer to an active and conscious lifestyle.” For Marco Cossolo, President Federfarma Nazionale, “prevention and screening services are an integral part of the community pharmacy, recognized as a proximity healthcare provider that brings health close to the citizen. Initiatives such as this are important to make known the activities carried out by pharmacies in synergy with other health professionals to effectively meet the health needs of citizens.” According to Claudio Cricelli, President emeritus SIMG, “The Health Tour shows that effective prevention is the one that meets citizens. Bring screening and informationone in the squares means early intercepting health needs and reducing access inequalities. In this path the general medicine is central: it is the first presidium of proximity and the pin of the taking into account in the territory”. “In line with our purpose, Caring for peoplès health, we are proud to be also for the 2026 trusted partner of the Health Tour – the words of Salvatore Butti, General Manager & Managing Director EG STADA Group –. This travelling tour, which raises awareness of the importance of prevention and adherence to therapies, represents a concrete and useful multidisciplinary project, able to respond to real health needs and constantly evolving.”.
– photo press office Health Tour –(ITALPRESS).
