New strategy to improve health of Kuwaiti society
Health minister lauds Kuwaiti innovator on MIT recognition
DOHA, Nov 2, (KUNA): Head of the Healthy Cities Office at Kuwait’s Ministry of Health Dr Amal Al-Yahya revealed aspects of a new health strategy prepared by the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health to improve public health in the Kuwaiti society.
Al-Yahya made her remarks to KUNA on sidelines of her participation in “Child Health City” symposium organized by Qatar Ministry of Public Health in cooperation with the World Summit for Innovation in Healthcare (WISH).
The new health strategy is based on a large number of pillars, the most important of which are primary prevention and national statistics that measure the health situation periodically to build future health policies according to those measurements, she said.
She added that the Healthy Cities Initiative is one of the draft strategic plan for health in Kuwait.
She explained that Kuwait has adopted the Healthy Cities Initiative and implemented it successfully, noting to Yarmouk city as the first health zone in Kuwait, which approved by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Regarding the standards of a healthy city, Al-Yahya explained that the health city is an urban site that should enjoy cleanliness and high public health rate.
On the importance of healthy areas for children, she said that one of the most important foundations aimed at improving the health of society is to focus on the children’s health.
The symposium reviewed important local, regional and international plans, initiatives and experiences to innovate and develop an action plan for a healthy city for children.
Meanwhile, the recognition bestowed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on Kuwaiti researcher Dr Ahmad Nabeel creates a great sense of pride for the State of Kuwait, said Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah Saturday.
In a press release, the minister indicated that Dr Nabeel was included in MIT’s Tech Review Innovator Under 35 for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region due to the invention of a device that could clean the lens used in keyhole surgery without removing it from the patient, saving time and increasing patient safety.
According to Sheikh Dr AlSabah, the device could benefit 15 million patients annually.
Dr Nabeel is a postgraduate student and honorary researcher at the Imperial College London’s Institute of Global Health Innovation (IGHI). The Imperial College was founded in 1907.