Oman has gained three awards from the World Well being Group

Muscat: Oman has gained three awards from the World Well being Group. Dr. Badr Al Rawahi, Dr. Ahmed Al Wahaibi, Dr. and Jamila Al Abri gained World Well being Group awards for his or her important contribution to public well being. Eight folks, together with 3 Omanis, had been awarded for his or her excellent contributions to public well being worldwide.

Dr Al Rawahi from the Ministry of Well being gained the 2024 Dr Lee Jong-wook Memorial Award for Public Well being for his excellent work in vaccination. Throughout the Corona virus illness (Covid-19 pandemic), he has been very concerned in offering the Covid-19 vaccines to everybody in Oman. The World Well being Group stated in a press release that 94 % of individuals within the nation had acquired the vaccine, no matter their registration standing.

His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah Award for Analysis in Healthcare and Well being Promotion for the Aged was awarded to Dr. Al Wahaibi from the Ministry of Well being and the Chinese language Geriatrics Affiliation. Dr. Al Wahaibi performed an necessary function in integrating top quality take care of the aged inside major well being care in Oman. He has contributed considerably to the event of a nationwide program that gives screening, evaluation and early intervention as a part of major well being take care of folks aged 60 and over.

Dr Jamila Tayseer Yasser Al Abri Ihsan Dogramasi has gained the Household Well being Basis Award for instructing and managing nationwide well being packages together with breast most cancers, psychological well being, autism spectrum issues and points different household well being for girls’s and youngsters’s well being as a part of Oman’s ‘Well being Imaginative and prescient 2050’ performed an necessary function in contributing to strategic plans. Within the presence of WHO Director-Common Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the President of the 77th World Well being Meeting, Dr. Edwin Dicolotti of Botswana, introduced the awards to the eight winners.