Second day: Arab journalists discuss the use of dialogue and investigative journalism in the service of health

Members of the press delegations participated in the regional training session on the role of the media in correcting misconceptions in the field of mental health, organized by the General Union of Arab Journalists in cooperation with the Office of WHO in Cairo, which ended on Saturday in Sharm el-Sheikh.

"The second day is packed with scientific material and seminars," said Ayman Abdel Meguid, coordinator of the training committee. "Today we started a conference on addictive substances and methods of prevention, in addition to the role of the media investigation and awareness correction of misconceptions.

He continued d. Dr Nbader Loza, a WHO consultant, said it was very important to tackle mental health problems because there is a mistaken mental picture of the mentally ill patient and presented in the media as a personality. dangerous, a wrong image.

In 1928, Egypt witnessed the creation of the first anti-narcotics police force because of its negative effects on the mind, stressing the need for firm measures to combat drug trafficking such as tramadol and other misused drugs.

Dr. Khalid Saeed, Regional Advisor for Mental Health at WHO, reviewed the results of the World Drug Report published in June 2019. He said that there were about 571 million people in the world. 39, users of narcotics in the world, of which only 31 million abused the use of these substances and fell into the vicious circle of addiction, Said Ali stressed the seriousness of our injection. Where 5 million people have been infected with hepatitis C and B. One million people have contracted the AIDS virus and have been asked to take a cooperative approach between law enforcement and the treatment and rehabilitation of addicts.

Salem Al-Jahouri, chairman of the training committee of the Arab Journalists Union, said that through this course, we are raising awareness of the media to correct misconceptions and use them as tools to paint a clear picture. society to reduce diseases that threaten the security of Arab societies. Through the Training Committee, the League of Arab States seeks to coordinate its activities with various Arab and international organizations to develop training plans to improve the effectiveness of journalists in managing community issues. And we are beginning to correct misconceptions about health and seek to strengthen cooperation with international organizations to organize a series of different training courses in other Arab capitals. We also organized the first session in Egypt for its leading role in various fields, as well as other meetings in Arab capitals. Given the diversity adopted by the Union to contribute to the preservation of our Arab regions in order to strengthen Arab participation and strengthen the role of journalists in the media, so that they can contribute to making the society a leading role in the support of all Arab countries.

Saad Mohsen Khalil, secretary of the Union of Iraqi Journalists, said the establishment of these courses is necessary to bring Arab journalists together to discuss and exchange views on the issues facing the Arab countries. and to try to identify the views and proposals to resolve and overcome them, an effective way to identify the views of Arab journalists. The courses constitute an effective contribution of the Union to the exercise of its professional work aimed at developing the capacity of Arab journalists to reach advanced stages corresponding to the developed countries in this field. These courses are based on the responsibility of the Federation in its various committees to exercise their respective functions in the field of its competence, all of which ultimately contribute to the contribution of the Union of Arab Journalists to the achievement of the the role badigned to it, in particular the fact that the Union has evolved recently and that the work of the committees has been organized in such a way as to follow the progress of the work of the committees. The establishment of such formations will inevitably lead to the Union playing its role among the organizations of the various disciplines and disciplines of the world and to follow the movement of scientific development in these fields in order to train generations of media more aware and sensitized. Kubba is an unprecedented political movement and development in all areas, the Union plays an important role among international organizations, which allows it to prove its existence as a respected organization respecting all countries of the world.