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A family doctor's office in a health centre: on a wooden desk, a stethoscope, a blood-pressure monitor and an open medical chart, next to a bright window; a white cabinet with medical supplies in the background, in white and blue tones.
EDUCATION & HEALTH

What you can get for free from your family doctor in Ungheni: cancer screening, vaccines, TB checks

On 23 July, the director of the Ungheni Health Centre presented the district council with a mid-year report on primary healthcare for the first half of 2026. Beyond the report-style language, the five „priority directions” are, in fact, a list of prevention services any Ungheni resident can request for free — from the cervical cancer test to vaccines and tuberculosis screening. We explain what each one is, who is entitled to it, what is free and how to reach it through your family doctor — and why, in an ageing district where seven in ten people die of heart disease and cancer, prevention matters here more than the average.

Ion Calmis·25 July 2026· Explainer
A modern digital mammography machine in a clean, well-lit medical room, in white and blue tones, with no patient in the frame.
EDUCATION & HEALTH

The Ungheni centre screens for breast cancer free of charge for four districts — who it is for and how to reach an ultrasound or a mammogram

One of Moldova's regional centres for the early detection of breast cancer operates at the IMSP Ungheni Health Centre: it serves women from the Ungheni, Nisporeni, Călărași and Fălești districts, and the services — clinical examination, ultrasound and digital mammography — are free, covered through CNAM. We explain who has access, how to get there and what is done, depending on age.

Ion Calmis·8 July 2026· Explainer
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Illustration: a prevention kit on a table — sealed sterile syringes in medical packaging, condoms, a rapid HIV test and a brochure — next to the bag of a mobile outreach team. No people in the frame.
EDUCATION & HEALTH

Why the state now pays for HIV prevention among key groups in Ungheni

Needle exchange, HIV tests, counselling and tuberculosis screening — services that hundreds of people from key groups receive in Ungheni are now paid for from the prophylaxis fund of the National Health Insurance Company, not by foreign donors. Ungheni is named explicitly in a project won in February by the NGO Union for Equity and Health, part of a national package of 33 million lei for 2026–2028. A quiet but consequential shift: in a concentrated epidemic, prevention where the risk is highest protects everyone's health.

Ion Calmis·17 June 2026· Explainer