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Deputy Director of Health Affairs for Therapeutic Services, Dr Mahmoud Al-Ali, on behalf of the Director of Health Affairs of Jeddah Governorate, this morning (Thursday) inaugurated the Unified Gulf Week activities to promote the oral health 2021, which is held this year under the slogan (My health starts in my mouth), in the main hall At the headquarters of health affairs, in the presence of the director of the dental department of Jeddah Health, Dr Fawzi bin Ali Al-Ghamdi.
Dr Fawzi Al-Ghamdi explained that the Unified Week is part of the Gulf plan’s strategies to raise awareness of oral health and aims to raise awareness among community members, especially children, people with special needs. specials and their parents on the importance of oral health care on the problems that may pose a risk to oral health, in addition to knowing the ways to prevent among them, and shed light on oral diseases. dental and certain chronic diseases.
For his part, the preventive medicine supervisor of the dental department of Jeddah Health, Dr Maha Samir Langawi, confirmed that this week’s celebration is part of the Gulf’s plan to promote oral health, which in turn focuses on the preventive aspect of reducing the incidence of oral diseases in the Gulf countries, indicating that it will be implemented Activities in all hospitals in the governorate and primary health centers, and awareness conferences will be organized by zoom, and activities will be launched in a number of shopping centers and picnic places by mobile teams carrying awareness and education messages, in light of the application of precautionary measures to prevent Corona virus, with the aim of covering as many people as possible and raising the level of oral health awareness culture.
Dr Nagawi said that a large electronic screen will be installed at the water’s edge for a period of three days, starting today (Thursday), broadcasting awareness messages on oral health to the destination. community, especially children, and mobile teams disseminating educational messages. move on the seafront and in commercial markets.
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