In reality, it is a health promotion and disease prevention activity for people of all ages, according to the authorities.
The fair takes place in the popular Alameda Central next to the Palace of Fine Arts, where the public has access to screening tests for high blood pressure, diabetes, overweight, obesity and other common conditions.
Also, information on these and other non-communicable chronic diseases, mental health, mother and child, and addictions.
Health Promotion Director General Ricardo Cortés Alcalá stressed the importance of community health, involving health workers to bring services closer to people as a prevention strategy.
The activities of the fair are coordinated by the General Directorate of Health Promotion and the Public Health Services of Mexico City.
Services such as National Health Card issuance, blood donation information, and cervical and breast cancer prevention and detection will also be offered for three days, July 19-21.
As far as road safety is concerned, you have at your disposal a course where you can simulate driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or psychoactive agents and get extensive and detailed information on the risks of speeding.
Another offer of the fair is the topic of plant toxicity, with the aim of making people aware of the damage caused by indiscriminate consumption. Likewise, vaccines against COVID-19, measles, rubella and tetanus are provided as part of complete programs.
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