MoPH raises awareness on oral, dental care

Doha, Qatar: In cooperation with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC), the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has...

Doha, Qatar: In cooperation with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC), the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has launched an awareness campaign aimed at raising awareness about the importance of oral and dental care.

The campaign includes awareness about positive habits, current oral and dental services in the community, and the importance of enhancing communication between dental services and prevention departments in various medical facilities with different sectors of society.

The campaign is targeting all segments of society such as children, adolescents, adults and pregnant women in terms of guiding them to follow a healthy and balanced diet.

In cooperation with its partners, MoPH also participates in encouraging all members of society to adopt healthy lifestyles from earlier age and reduce the spread of dental caries, in addition to change wrong behaviours towards oral and dental health care.

The launch of the campaign comes within the framework of the celebration of the World Oral Health Day, which is observed annually on March 20, under the theme ‘A happy mouth is a happy body,’ in addition to participating in the GCC Oral Health Unified Week from March 25-31.