As a part of the activities of the summer health awareness campaign carried out by the Ministry of Health (MOH); the MOH Media and Health Awareness Information Center hosts Dr. Ahmad Abu Abah, a Consultant in Chest Diseases, tomorrow “Wednesday” on 26/6/2013 (corresponding to 17/8/1434H) from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. via the Center’s toll free number: 8002494444 and the social networking websites, Facebook and Tweeter: @SAUDIMOH; in order to answer all callers’ enquiries, and provide the medical tips and guidelines on summer diseases, as well as the ways of dealing with such diseases and prevention against them and the other diseases.
It is noteworthy that the MOH, through the Media and Health Awareness Information Center, hosts all over the year a constellation of physicians and specialists from different health sectors, and this is the tenth year for this program.
It is worth mentioning that, the MOH had launched, during the past year through its awareness campaign, the cartoon character (Seoff), thorough which, health awareness messages are broadcasted, coinciding with the summer vacations and travel season. The MOH intends to use the same cartoon character during this summer campaign; by means of implementing several awareness events and activities.