Bahrain's robust health system role model for protecting public health: WHO

TDT | Manama

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Health Minister, Jaleela bint Al-Sayed Jawad Hasan, has affirmed that Bahrain will continue consolidating its partnership with the World Health Organisation (WHO) to achieve common health goals.

She stressed the importance of the ongoing effective cooperation with WHO in supporting efforts to develop the health sector and ensure its sustainability at all levels, particularly regarding joint efforts to combat disease and epidemics.

While receiving here today WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) Director, Dr. Ahmed Al-Mandhari, in the presence of the Health Ministry’s Undersecretary, Dr. Waleed Khalifa Al-Manae, the minister commended the pivotal role played by EMRO to support the health systems of the region’s countries.

She asserted that Bahrain’s partnership with WHO had been strengthened following the opening of WHO’s 152nd office in the kingdom a year ago, which, she said, crowns the outstanding bilateral decades-long relations and broadens areas of joint cooperation and coordination.

She highlighted the great support enjoyed by the health sector in the kingdom, thanks to the directives of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, and follow-up of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, out of their strong belief that human health tops all priorities.

Dr. Ahmed Al-Mandhari commended the efforts of the kingdom’s health system, citing its distinguished role in achieving common health goals. He praised the success of Bahrain’s robust health system in fighting the novel Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), becoming a regional and global role model for putting in place proactive plans and implementing preventive measures to protect the health of the citizens and residents with high professionalism.

This, he said, proves the success of the Kingdom’s visions and plans in the health field. EMRO’s Director and senior health officials paid field inspection visits to the kingdom’s health facilities, including the Public Health Directorate, the National Genome Centre, the Salmaniya Medical Complex and the Shaikh Abdulla bin Khalid Al Khalifa’s Helath Centre in Hunainiya, Riffa, where they were informed about the work progress and the quality of services delivered to the citizens and residents.