'Health radio' - a web radio on health issues aimed at the general public, is located at the Vilnius University Hospital.
The web radio is seen as a way to educate the public on a healthy lifestyle. It relies on collaboration with public health agencies / professionals and features preventive programmes.
To further disseminate the information and thus reach the radio's target audience, primary healthcare centres, general practitioners' offices, laboratories and other public spaces have been equipped with loudspeakers in various Lithuanian cities.
On 20 December 2010, this radio could be heard in fourteen Lithuanian hospitals. The latest hospitals which joined the network are the Health Centre of Grigiškių and the Mykolo Marcinkevičiaus Hospital and Outpatient Centre (Vilnius).
According to the founder and director of 'Health Radio', Ms. Vitalija Steponavičiūtė, all means for raising people's awareness of health and the environment are not yet exhausted. "We believe that there is often a lack of knowledge on the grounds of which the wrong priorities are opted for." she said; adding that this is the reason why the health radio is following clear directions and providing didactic information in a comfortable environment.
'Health Radio' would be glad to share its experience and knowledge with radios with similar profiles throughout Europe. Those interested may contact radijas@santa.lt.
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