In the absence of early health education, patients in Kosovo are only reaching hospitals when their health condition is deteriorating. Therefore, it is considered urgent to include early health education in schools. This was said on the European Patients' Rights Day, during a roundtable on the topic "Health education in schools as part of integrated healthcare", organized by the Patients' Rights Association in Kosovo (PRAK). PRAK Program Director, Besim Kodra, said that the healthcare system in Kosovo is overloaded due to a lack of prevention. The health system, according to him, cannot bear the entire burden of social welfare. "Today our system is overloaded and it is suffering the burden of a lack of prevention." Patients often reach the hands of health institutions only when their illness has worsened or only when there is an urgent intervention. This is not only a clinical challenge, but a challenge of lack of early health education. At the European level, health education is being considered the wisest investment for long-term well-being and equality. "Health education is about the ability to understand the body, recognize emotions, and make healthy decisions to seek help without fear and stigma," he said. Merita Vuthaj from the Ministry of Health emphasized that the inclusion of health education in schools is a call to action to invest in raising awareness. She said that the main goal of integrated care is for the patient "not to get lost in the system, but to benefit from a continuous service." "Integrated health care is an approach that aims to provide coordinated, continuous and personalized services to patients, collaborating closely with all stakeholders that affect their health. Not only doctors and nurses, but also psychologists, social workers, schools, and most importantly, family involvement. "The main goal of integrated care is for the patient not to get lost in the system, but to benefit from a continuous service," she emphasized. Meanwhile, the director of the National Institute of Public Health of Kosovo, Ardita Baraku, emphasized that during 2024 alone, 921 lectures were held, of which 574 were in schools in Kosovo. "Since 2024, trainings have been carried out in collaboration with others for more than 2600 teachers on comprehensive reproductive and sexual education in our schools. For all the programs that have been developed in schools, we have also had research to evaluate how effective these trainings have been. "During 2024, 921 lectures were held, of which 574 were in schools in Kosovo, involving over 28 thousand students," she emphasized. Baraku considered it necessary to also engage in educating parents, mentioning the advice they have shared regarding the HPV vaccine, which began last year for girls, while it began for boys in February of this year. "This year, vaccination has also continued for boys and so far we are somewhere around 12 thousand and we are very equal in terms of gender and this is very good news in terms of success. This year, vaccination is going very well and we do not have the reactions from parents that we had last year," she said. Also present at this roundtable were representatives of UNFPA and KOMF, who considered early health education necessary.