DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) announced to have served about 1,000 expatriates by providing them ‘Health Education, Hygiene Kits’ during Eid period as part of its continued efforts to implement the first phase of its ‘National Communicable Disease Prevention Campaign’ (Weqaya), said a statement on Monday.
The health awareness programme, funded and sponsored by the Supreme Council of Health (SCH), after the recent extension, aims to target some additional 5,000 expatriate workers in Qatar.
A QRC medical affairs team organized a health education and psychological support festival for the visitors of the Workers' Health Centers, managed and operated by QRC under the supervision of SCH.
The event involved informative and training sessions about the basics of personal hygiene and infection prevention for a total of 1,000 expatriates visiting the Workers' Health Centers in the Industrial Area, Mamoura, Freej Abdelaziz, and Zekreet.
The target workers received useful information about the importance of applying health and personal hygiene standards, common communicable diseases and how to avoid them, and medical advice about health protection against workplace risks, such as sun strokes and heat exhaustion, and how to administer first aid for their colleagues in case of such emergencies.
The lecture was delivered in different languages to ensure full understanding of the presented information and guidance, which will reflect positively on the behavior of the audience.
After that, the workers received hygiene kits, including tooth brushes, soap, and other personal hygiene items. The recipients were trained in how to best use these contents.
Phase one of the campaign drive was a great success, with lectures, workshops, and awareness courses for 10,000 workers from 40 companies and 21,000 visitors of the QRC-run and SCH-funded Workers' Health Centers.
Moreover, the campaign distributed 5,000 hygiene kits, with training in how to use them, and 10,000 brochures and fliers on the most prevalent infections and health problems, such as Coronavirus, Ebola virus, influenza, tuberculosis, and heat exhaustion.
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