Ms. Bdour Al-Maleki, a Bahraini journalist, has lauded the level of organization and generous hospitality offered to the participating delegations in the 78th Conference of the GCC Health Ministers Council, which is currently being held in Riyadh. The conference is jointly organized by the Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Executive Board of the aforementioned Council. Ms. Al-Maleki highlighted that the means of comfort and convenience offered to the delegations, as well as creating the proper atmosphere resulting in the success of all activities, were far beyond expectations.
“We are very touched by the gracious auspices of His Excellency the Saudi Minister of Health, Mr. Ahmad Al-Khateeb, and his keenness to attend in person for honoring the winners of the Gulf Excellence Award for Health Media, despite the fact that he had been in office as the new minister for only a few hours,” said Ms. Al-Maleki.
She went on adding that the Saudi Ministry of Health, represented by the Relations, Media and Health Awareness General Department, with its integrated medic center, contributed to the success of the activities and their firsthand media coverage easily and conveniently.
Furthermore, Ms. Al-Maleki described the Gulf Excellence Award as an unprecedented paradigm shift for the health workers in the region, which will contribute to developing a mechanism for promoting the health awareness directly all over the GCC countries. She also highlighted that this Award reflects the health leadership’s insightful awareness of the importance of health awareness, being an indispensable part of health services.
Within the same vein, Ms. Al-Maleki extended her thanks and appreciation to the Director General of the Executive Board of the GCC Health Ministers Council and the Secretary General of the award, Dr. Tawfiq bin Ahmad Khoja, and the Supervisor General of the MOH Relations, Media and Health Awareness, Dr. Khaled bin Mohamed Marghalani; for their concerted efforts to ensure the success of the Award. Also, she praised their organization of a distinctive ceremony for handing out the awards, which has been held on the sidelines of the aforementioned conference. “They have shown keen interest in overcoming all the obstacles impeding access to the accurate information and credible news,” she said.
Finally, Ms. Al-Maleki called upon those in charge of the Award to embrace the winners of its first and second sessions, and to train them and benefit from their expertise, through developing a mechanism of gathering these winners and harnessing all capabilities to serve the objectives set for the award.