MoH’s e-campaign marks World Autism Day

Kuwait grants donation to Guatemalan foundation

KUWAIT CITY, April 2, (KUNA): Head of the Information Office in the Ministry of Health Dr Ghalia Al-Mutairi announced on Saturday the launching of an electronic campaign in the social media to raise awareness of Autism and to draw attention to this category of patients on the occasion of the World Autism Day observed on April 2 of every year.

Al-Mutairi said in a statement to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) today that this campaign aims at raising awareness and culture about autistic people in order to integrate them into society as ordinary individuals.

She added that the percentage of Autism in Kuwait is 1.5 to 2 percent of every 100 chidren.

It showed that World Autism Day sees participation of most of the world countries, pointing out that all UN bodies, international health organizations and civil institutions work hard to achieve the desired objectives by decorating the famous monuments and important buildings in blue in an attempt to draw attention to the issue of Autism and especially in the children category.

Al-Mutairi noted that the United Nations in this day stresses the importance of participation of autistic patients, a matter that would contribute to achieving greater equality between them and also helps in absorbing them by different communities.

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KUWAIT CITY: The State of Kuwait has earmarked and delivered USD 200,000 to a leading association for bone surgery and implants in the central American state of Guatemala.

The donated sum was handed over by Ali Nouri Al-Salamah, the diplomatic attache and the director of financial affairs at the State of Kuwait Embassy in the United Mexican States, to

Dr Germo Claverie, the head of the Guatemalan charitable foundation for orthopedics and implants.

The foundation, established 15 years ago to provide medical treatment to cash-strapped people, has conducted 2,500 surgeries to patients aged between 58 and 63. It depends on donations to secure such medical treatment to those in need.

The State of Kuwait Ambassador to the United Mexican States was also named the non-resident envoy to the Republic of Guatemala on March 26, 2013.

The is the first time Kuwait offers such aid to a charity in Guatemala.