Healthy Muratpa?a Movement in Kaleiçi

Antalya Muratpa?a Municipality/Turkey, which fought a great struggle against the coronavirus pandemic that affected the whole world and carried out original works, continues its work from where it left off. Although the number of Covid 19 cases has decreased in the summer months in our city, as in the world, it is observed that the situation is far from returning completely to normal. In order to contribute to our citizens to fight the Covid19 Outbreak more effectively in the long term, our Management has sought new comprehensive methods of struggle. In this context, the Healthy Muratpa?a Movement, which aims to strengthen the immune system and fight against diseases such as blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, obesity, was initiated by the Muratpa?a Municipality during the covid-19 period. Muratpa?a Municipality, which is a member of the European Local Democracy Week initiative, adopting direct democracy and a participatory local government understanding, acts together with Muratpa?a citizens to protect public health and take effective measures against the pandemic that has become a global threat. The Healthy Muratpa?a Movement, which started under the leadership of Muratpa?a Mayor Ümit Uysal, came together with the "Healthy Muratpa?a Movement Volunteers" in Kaleiçi, the historical city center. Women showed great interest in the voluntary meeting of the project, which aims to strengthen the immune system with proper nutrition and sports in the covid-19 period while combating diseases such as blood pressure, diabetes, cancer and obesity that have become a public health problem. Muratpa?a Municipality dieticians explained what it means to eat right and which foods should be avoided in the meeting which took place in K?l?nçarslan neighborhood mukhtar by observing the social distance rules. After the nutritionists informed, the sports trainers showed the basic exercises to be done with pilates bands. At the end of the program, pilates bands were gifted to the volunteers to continue their exercises at home.