fund for the prevention of allergic diseases for children
The Charitable Association for the Provision of Medicine in Makkah Al-Mukarramah Region launched the Charitable Fund for the Prevention of Allergic Diseases for Children under the supervision of Professor Emad Koshak, Professor of Allergy, Immunology and Asthma, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University.
The Executive Director of the Association, Dr. Mowafak Tayeb, confirmed that this program will serve newborns exposed to the occurrence of allergies in the future through breastfeeding formula milk in the daily feeding, indicating that the child exposed to the occurrence of allergies in the future is called a child at risk and he is one of his first-degree relatives suffering from allergies, especially the parents .
Dr. Tayeb emphasized that the American Academy of Allergy, Immunology and Asthma issued a very important guide in protecting children from allergies, in several important recommendations, including replacing formula with hypoallergenic milk for children at risk.
He said that the association adopted this charitable fund to draw a smile on the faces of our children and the poor of the Sacred Country, who are unable to buy hypoallergenic milk instead of regular formula due to its high price as an additional participation in community service.
He thanked the supervisor of the fund, Prof. Dr. Imad Koshak, for his interaction and dedication in providing the most precious and precious for the sake of caring for the poor people of the Sacred Country, as this fund invites people of goodness to support it so that it can be used, God willing.
He also extended his sincere thanks and gratitude to all businessmen who supported the association in all its programs, indicating that the association’s programs have come to include all segments of society who need to buy medicine, indicating that the total of the association’s beneficiaries jumped during the past two years until it reached the barrier of 3 thousand beneficiaries. Poor Makkah and its villages.
