Health Promotion and Health Policy Association — promoting health and fighting non-communicable diseases

3rd Primary Care Academy 2026

The Health Promotion and Health Policy Association brings its scientific expertise to Dubai

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Smoking and Cessation Behaviors Academy

Has Commenced Its Work

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A New Era in the Fight Against Stroke in Turkey

Sağlıklı Türkiye becomes part of the World Stroke Organization – Stroke Support Organization (SSO) network

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Health Promotion and Health Policy Association and

the Pulmonary Hypertension & Scleroderma Patient Association Have Joined Forces

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Cardiovascular Diseases Prevention Association

Cooperation Protocol Signed

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We are on board to make healthy living a culture!

Who We Are

Hit the Road for Healthy Turkey!

It is our roadmap to develop individuals' individual knowledge, attitudes and behaviors and to contact thousands of people in more than one place for this purpose, in order to make healthy living a culture. We know that this responsibility will be fulfilled not only by "contacting more people," but by "always standing with them." With our current projects all over the country for this, we continue to work for a Healthy Turkey.

We know that protecting public health is primarily the responsibility of the individual. We set out to not just be aware of this responsibility, but to take action and make a difference. We continue to work to encourage each individual to be healthy and to protect and develop public health for a healthy Turkey.

What is Health Promotion?

Our Focus Areas

Current Discussions

Within the scope of global health policies, we develop and implement projects focusing on non-communicable diseases, obesity, tobacco use, rare diseases and the role of patient associations.

Non-Communicable Diseases

Policy and awareness work to prevent cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory disease.
Details: Non-Communicable Diseases
Nutrition and Physical Activity

Programmes that spread healthy eating and regular physical activity, from schools to primary care.
Details: Nutrition and Physical Activity
Tobacco and Harmful Alcohol Use

Cessation support, research and policy recommendations to reduce tobacco and harmful alcohol use.
Details: Tobacco and Harmful Alcohol Use
Rare Diseases

Work that improves access to diagnosis and treatment for rare diseases and amplifies patient organisations.
Details: Rare Diseases

In Numbers

57 M deaths per year

36 M from Non-Communicable Diseases

57 million deaths that occurred in 2008: 36 million (63%) were caused by non-communicable diseases, primarily cardiovascular diseases (48%), cancers (21%), chronic heart diseases 12%) and diabetes (3.5%). These leading non-communicable diseases have four common risk factors; tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and harmful alcohol use.

8M: Fiber nutrition awareness videos reach
1.5M: exercise prescriptions were distributed
1,889: family physicians were trained
7,413: physical education teachers received PA report card training