for students between 9 and 11 years old
Within the framework of coordination and joint cooperation between the Ministries of Health and Education, a visual meeting of the Healthy Generations Program was organized for the Arab region, where the outcomes of the implementation of the Healthy Generations program and its implementation in various participating Arab countries were reviewed. The program aims to promote physical activity and healthy nutrition for students between the ages of 9 and 11 years .
The attendance was attended by Dr. Iman Ahmed Haji, Head of the School Health Department of Public Health, Dr. Ashwaq Sabt, Coordinator of Adolescent and Youth Health, Dr. Maram Al-Sharbati, Coordinator of Health Care Services in the Department of School Health, and from the Ministry of Education, Mr. Ahmed Saad, a specialist in the Department of School Health. The file of each participating country was presented with an overview of how the program was implemented and progressed. Abdullah Sabt''s longing for presenting the Kingdom of Bahrain''s file to Ajyal Salima Program
And indicated by Dr. Maryam Al-Hajri, Assistant Undersecretary for Public Health, said that the implementation of the Ajyal Salima program, in cooperation with Nestle Bahrain and the American University of Beirut, includes a program, training, and classroom and extracurricular activities with the participation of parents. It was started in the Kingdom of Bahrain in 2018 in 9 public schools (boys and girls) and continued until it reached To 25 public schools in 2021 and the program is still ongoing. During the Covid 19 pandemic, the program continued to be implemented and was presented using remote communication technology, as all activities and meetings were transferred by default.
