Over 2m citizens’ records added to Belarus’ centralized healthcare system
Data on more than 2 million citizens have been entered into Belarus’ centralized healthcare system, with the formation of patients’ personal accounts expected to be completed by the end of the year, Belarus’ First Deputy Healthcare Minister Yelena Bogdan told STV channel, BelTA has learned.
According to the first deputy minister, the state’s responsibility to its citizens for creating conditions to ensure guarantees of the right to health protection is enshrined in the corresponding article of the Constitution. “Our country differs from others in having social standards. In the healthcare system, this is primarily the accessibility of emergency medical care. In 2025, emergency medical teams made more than 2.6 million visits. This is the work of primary care physicians - general practitioners and pediatricians. At the end of 2024, approaches to medical checkups were changed. We took the path of focusing on diseases of the cardiovascular and endocrine systems, as well as cancer awareness. In the latter case, for example, this includes HPV testing for women, which has made it possible to detect more than 99.1% of cervical cancer cases at an early stage,” Yelena Bogdan explained.
“Thanks to mammography screenings performed during medical checkups, more than 85% of breast cancer cases were detected at early stages. As for men’s health, prostate cancer was identified at an early stage during checkups in 84% of cases. In the Nation’s Health program, we are planning to introduce screenings for colorectal cancer. Another innovation we are beginning to implement, given that the country now has 173 CT scanners, is conducting lung cancer screenings for certain categories of citizens,” Yelena Bogdan said.
In 2025, 95% of citizens eligible for medical checkups underwent them, amounting to more than 6 million people.
“Approximately Br13 billion were spent on the healthcare system in 2025, with 20% of that covering medication for hospitals. Most importantly, in the outpatient clinic network, there is a special list under which patients with diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and other conditions are provided with medications at the state’s expense,” emphasized Yelena Bogdan.
The centralized healthcare system, developed by Belarusian specialists, is currently undergoing pilot operation in the country. “We are implementing this system in a short timeframe. Information on over 2 million citizens has already been entered, and we are in the process of setting up patients’ personal accounts so that everyone can view their test results. We plan to complete this work during 2026,” the first deputy minister said.
Over the 30 years of the country’s sovereign history, more than 200 new healthcare facilities have been built, including 17 in 2025. In the upcoming five-year period, 129 healthcare facilities will be renovated or constructed.
