[Primary prevention means health protection and disease prevention in the population, whereas secondary prevention includes early diagnosis and treatment to prevent the progression of diseases and the development of complications. Both ways of prevention are present in public health programs, but primary prevention measures are usually less substantial. METHODS - The “Comprehensive Health Protection Screening Program of Hungary 2010-2020” was organised in 2010 as part of the National Cardiovascular Program. In this program, a mobile screening station (set up on a truck) tours the country and provides a complex health status and risk assessment at village fairs as well as at offices. RESULTS - In the past three years, this station provided complex screening for 65267 individuals and lifestyle counseling and health education for 132964 people at 528 locations, touring 58807 km. The aim of the Program is to provide a comprehensive overview of the health status of the Hungarian population, and to make it possible to measure and record the long-term changes of the health status of the Hungarian population. Another goal is to inform those being screened about their health status and to highlight the importance of health protection and disease prevention. On the basis of the results, in the past three years the Program has been able to achieve its targets, which provides a good basis for its continuation.]

[2010 a new, complex screening program started in Hungary, named Nationwide Comprehensive Health Protection Screening Program in Hungary 2010-2020-2030. The screening was installed on a specially furnished lorry, which is able and will be able to get anywhere from big cities to the smallest villages. The Program as part of the “Heart and Vascular National Program” works with the support of 74 professional-scientific societies and companies. The screening program took place in a specially furnished lorry. The lorry has an easy access to the disabled, operation was performed with the quality control and permission of ÁNTSZ. Near the lorry there were activities for the preservation of health and prevention of illnesses. Within the framework of the Program in the largest mobile diagnostics center in Hungary 37 comprehensive surveys in free form. This enormous special screening station allows 5,100 tests to be performed at each of the 200 screening stations nationwide. The screening program for over 20 years provides 15 million trials on 3,000 scenes and 1 million adult visitors in free humanitarian. The European National Health Program and the National Program for the Prevention and Treatment of Car­dio­vascular Diseases co-ordinated by the Asso­ciation of Hungarian Medical Asso­ciations (MOTESZ) are implemented by con­sensual cooperation. Based on the results, it was re-confirmed that Hungarian population belonged to the high risk group in several aspects. Authors also outlined solution plans for general risk reduction and disease prevention. ]

[In 2001 4.095.134 chest screening examinations were carried out at 154 fixed and 50 mobile Xray screening stations in Hungary. Currently, screening for tuberculosis is mandatory by law, but a recently issued decree by the Health Minister states that the method is suitable for the screening of lung cancer as well. Unfortunately, the majority of the machines are old and since replacements are long overdue, the assessment with a high technical standard and quality is not always possible. These are the reasons why a plan must be outlined for the necessary improvement and for the renewal of the equipment pool, based on expert opinion. In the literature, there are ongoing spirited discussions on the efficacy of X-ray screening as well as on the possibilities of CT-scans for the identification of lung cancer. The size of the investment needed makes it necessary that costbenefit factors and the possibility of joining the National Health Prevention program should be considered.]

[The European Healthcare Consumer Index (EHCI) 2017 of Hungary is critically low. Hungarian’s EHCI evaulation are particularly bad in obesity, in nutrition and in physical activity. The ”Comprehensive Health Screening of Hungary 2010-2020" (MÁESZ), has been designed for 10 years, and the first eight years can be considered succesfull. In 2017, 23 931 people participated in a comprehensive screening test, which results 183 655 individuals over the eight years. In this paper, the authors summarize the main achievements of 2017 of MÁESZ. The eight years of the program has been demonstrating the lack of health-conscious behavior, and the deficiencies of health care in Hungary. ]

[BACKGROUND - The Global Burden of Disease Study has been publishing its reports since the early 1990’s. The last one from 2010 covers 291 diseases, and 67 risk factors for 187 countries. AIMS - Presenting examples of the Hungarian health burden status the authors advocate the use this unique data source. METHODS - The authors downloaded the 1990 and 2010 data for Hungary from the Global Burden of Disease Study website. To quantify the economic burden they calculated the change in GDP related to the absence from work as a consequence of risks and diseases. RESULTS - In the publication the authors presented some of the versatile utilization methods of the GBD data and the data visualization tools available on GDB’s website. In 2010 the DALY for Hungary was 3,714,900 years which is the 84% of the country’s DALY in 1990. The most Years Lived by Disability was caused by musculoskeletal disorders (YLD: 28.4%), while cardiovascular and circulatory diseases caused the most Years of Life Lost (YLL: 40.3%). In 2010 the dietary risk was the leading risk factors in Hungary accountable for 840 thousand of life years lost which economic cost was over 950 milliard Hungarian forints. CONCLUSIONS - The use of the result provided by the Global Burden of Disease Study can significantly contribute for planning and evaluating interventions to promote healthy lifestyle, to advance supporting living conditions, and to distribute health care capacity efficiently.]