On October 16, 2023, as part of the Week of Parental Love, the VSMU delegation took part in the award ceremony for the winners and laureates of the Republican competition “The Sanctity of Birth,” which was held at the Institute for Advanced Training and Retraining of Healthcare Personnel of the Belarusian State Medical University (Minsk). The award ceremony was held by  Metropolitan of Minsk and Zaslavl, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus Veniamin, Minister of Health of the Republic of Belarus Dmitry Pinevich, Chairman of the Board of the Charitable Foundation for the Support of Family, Motherhood and Childhood “Pokrov” Andrei Zubenko. The republican competition “The Sanctity of Birth” is being held in our country for the first time; its goal is to identify the best in their profession and encourage obstetricians-gynecologists, psychotherapists and psychologists of state health care organizations.

“Preserving the family and life of every child is the main goal of our state and, accordingly, healthcare,” emphasized Minister of Health Dmitry Pinevich.