{"id":5825,"date":"2026-05-16T12:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T09:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=5825"},"modified":"2026-05-16T12:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T09:59:00","slug":"irene-agapidakis-politics-is-to-solve-the-problems-of-the-world-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=5825","title":{"rendered":"Irene Agapidakis: Politics is to solve the problems of the world (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">The deputy <b>Minister of Health<\/b> spoke about the <b>PREAMVANO<\/b> programme on Action 24 television and referred to party processes.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">In the TV studio of the &#8220;Action Weekend&#8221; show was <b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"71\">Eirini Agapidaki<\/b>, responding to the invitation of journalists Dimitris Kampourakis and Adriana Zarakeli. <\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">The <b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"183\">deputy minister of health<\/b> focused on national public health initiatives, extensively analyzing the ministry&#8217;s strategy around the <b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"346\">programme PROLAMVANO<\/b>. <\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">She explained the importance and function of the <b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"416\">free prevention programmes<\/b> being implemented, aimed at early diagnosis and shielding citizens.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive\">   <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"0\"><b>About the ND Congress and Kyriakos Mitsotakis<\/b>: &#8220;MPs bridge the gap between the government and what is happening on the front line of citizens. This is the job of the MP. So the fact that our MPs do this is not a problem, it is a blessing. Politics is not about fuss and bickering. Politics is about solving people&#8217;s problems. The <b data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"380\">executive state<\/b> is not a person. It is a <b data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"430\">model of governance<\/b>.&#8221; &#8220;<b>The Prime Minister inspires us to work with a plan, with efficiency and with a focus on the citizen<\/b>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\"><b>About West Athens<\/b>. People tell you the good and the bad and that&#8217;s what we want. In Petersburg, we are developing <b data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"143\">a <b data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"143\">Complementary Regional Medical Center<\/b>. In Ilion we are moving <b data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"196\">a branch of the Children&#8217;s Hospital<\/b>. Peristeri is acquiring a <b data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"250\">University Health Centre<\/b>. We are expanding health services throughout the region so that citizens have better access.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\"><b>About free prevention programs<\/b>: &#8220;<b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"37\">Six million citizens<\/b> have been screened through <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"92\">&#8220;Prevent&#8221;<\/b>. <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"106\">200,000 have been detected early with findings<\/b>. Those are huge numbers. &#8220;Prevent&#8221; is probably the <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"213\">greater act of social justice<\/b>, because it goes to everyone, insured and uninsured alike. Poverty cuts off years of life. It is the poor who need to be guided, given free access, mobilized to save themselves. That&#8217;s what Prevent is all about. It&#8217;s not just a voucher to get screenings. It&#8217;s a <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"541\">new prevention system<\/b>.&#8221; &#8220;When <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"572\">breast cancer<\/b> is detected early, over 95% of <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"624\">breast cancer is completely curable<\/b>.&#8221; &#8220;Obesity affects our health and daily functioning. You&#8217;re rebuilding your life, your functionality, yourself. I&#8217;ve lost 18, 35 pounds, I feel like a different person &#8211; that&#8217;s what people who participate in the program tell me. We have people with high body mass index.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">&#8220;<b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"4\">Cardiovascular is the number one cause of death<\/b> in our country. Especially in men we have a big issue. I pick them up at coffee shops to go get tested. We have to learn to take care of ourselves. I have seen people with a thousand triglycerides who have never seen a doctor. It&#8217;s one thing to get tested and another to drive to where you need to be to improve your health.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">&#8220;We&#8217;re starting <b data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"10\">a hypertension<\/b> program, because about <b data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"52\">500,000 people<\/b> in our country don&#8217;t know they have high blood pressure. 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