Category: Health Care

The Quality of Life Program, one of the Saudi Vision 2030 Realization Programs, signed Thursday a memorandum of cooperation with Health Gates Firm, which specializes in building and managing health facilities and addiction recovery and rehabilitation.

The agreement, signed by Quality of Life Program Center CEO Khalid bin Abdullah Al-Bakr and Health Gates Firm Chairman of Board of Directors Dr. Abdullah Albuthi, aims at safeguarding society from illicit drugs and helping recovering addicts restore normalcy and practice their hobbies.

The agreement entails organizing media campaigns to boost public awareness of the risks of illicit drugs and the importance of hobbies in the recovery and rehabilitation phase of the addicts and including them in the treatment plans.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu warned there will be “grave consequences” if Niger’s military regime allows ousted President Mohamed Bazoum’s health to worsen under house arrest, a European official said Friday.

During a call to EU chief Charles Michel, the Nigerian leader, chair of the ECOWAS regional bloc which opposes the Niger coup, said: “President Bazoum’s detention conditions are deteriorating.” Earlier, the EU official had mistakenly attributed the warning of “grave consequences” to Michel.

Bazoum was detained on July 26 by members of his presidential guard, in the fifth coup to hit Niger since independence from France in 1960. He and his family are detained in the presidential palace.

“The Nigerian president stressed the determination and political will of ECOWAS to act together. ECOWAS will maintain their sanctions despite the economic impact these have on some of the countries from the region,” the official said.

Michel reiterated the EU’s full support and backing of ECOWAS’ decisions, as well as firm condemnation of the unacceptable coup de force in Niger.

“The EU will not recognize the authorities resulting from the putsch in Niger. President Bazoum, democratically elected, remains the legitimate head of state of Niger,” she said.

Source: Qatar News Agency

The Health Minister Fahad Al-Jalajel is scheduled to participate in the G20 joint meetings of health and finance ministers in India on August 18 and 19.

The aim of the meeting of the G20 ministers of health, which is to be held under the theme “One Earth, One Family, One Future,” is to boost cooperation between the G20 countries and global health organizations in the field of public health, prior to building a global health network that will seek to increase coordination for providing treatments, vaccines and early diagnosis.

The meetings will discuss various initiatives submitted by the Kingdom during the G20 Summit in Riyadh in 2020, including the Vaccine Support Platform Initiative, the Digital Health Initiative and the Health Quality Center, and calling for an international conference to join efforts to eliminate antibiotic-resistant microbes.

The sidelines of the group’s event are planned to witness several meetings between ministers and leaders of international public health institutions, accompanied by round-table debates and discussions.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Public Health and Population Minister, Dr. Taha Al-Mutawakel, inspected the progress of work in the new centers and departments that are being implemented in Al-Thawra General Hospital Authority in Al-Hodeida province.

Minister Al-Mutawakkil, accompanied by the head of the authority, Dr. Khaled Ahmed Suhail, was briefed on the malnutrition treatment center, which was received last week after completing its construction works funded by the World Health Organization at a cost of 223 million riyals.

Health Minister was also briefed on the Intensive Care Building project, which was established with self-financing, in addition to inspecting the incubators and intensive care building for children, directed quickly preparing and opening projects to receive patients and provide them with health services.

During the visit, Al-Mutawakkil praised the significant expansion witnessed by Al-Thawra General Hospital in Hodeida, which will contribute to the development and improvement of health services in a better way for patients who visit the hospital.

Source: Yemen News Agency