Minister of health presides the meeting of the National Committee for NCDs control and confirms: We work to come up with new health initiatives to change some of unhealthy habits of individuals

H.E Minister of Health, Mrs. Faiqa Saeed AlSaleh presided the meeting of  the National Health Committee for NCDs control and praised the committee for all their achievements last year also for  its continuous efforts towards a society free of Chronic diseases. 

H.E dragged the attention of the committee’s members to the importance of focusing on the practical aspects of their work, especially in what concerns going out and meeting up with public to touch the influence of committee’s initiatives on them and how useful they have proven so far. As she got members’ feedback   on the committee’s work for the year 2018 and the health initiatives expected to implement by ministries and societies next year. H.E expressed that she is fully supportive of all initiatives provided to the committee and pointed out that she would like them to prepare an integrated plan with the responsibilities of each authority and the initiatives to be implemented in 2019 by each one of them. 

AlSaleh discussed some important topics with the committee including; Children’s health protection and engagement of those of specialties in the setting of health initiatives, as H.E reviewed major activities and initiatives planned for Bahrain Sports Day.