of the World Kidney Day
Under the patronage of the Minister of Health, Dr. Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah, the head of the second health cluster in the central region, Dr. Mahmoud bin Abdul Jabbar Al-Yamani, on Thursday morning, opened the activities of the World Kidney Day 2019, under the slogan "Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere", which was organized by the King Center Salman Kidney Diseases, Riyadh, where the Director of the King Salman Center for Nephrology, Dr. Muhammad Al-Oumi, said: This year, in addition to workshops and lectures, we were keen to hold an exhibition accompanying the community''s awareness of kidney diseases and shed light on the importance and how to deal with kidney disease in general to avoid any future complications and methods He added that the World Kidney Day aims to increase awareness of individuals and society, encourage regular periodic examination, educate health practitioners and define their role in discovering kidney diseases.
On the other hand, Dr. Ahmed Abu Aba, Executive Director of Community Health in the Second Health Cluster, said: Health education is one of the most important areas of health in its modern sense, especially in the National Transformation Program in the health sector, and it is considered one of the most important goals of the new health care model because of its clear impact on Changing individuals'' convictions, behaviors and wrongful practices, developing their awareness of diseases and the preventive methods that must be taken to prevent future infection and making them aware of responsibility for their own health and the health of others, and the consequences that result from the individual and society''s negative social and economic consequences.
