WHO commends Saudi Arabia’s efforts in this year’s Hajj season

WHO commends Saudi Arabia's efforts in this year's Hajj season
WHO commends Saudi Arabia's efforts in this year's Hajj season

The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has commended the successful efforts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia represented by the Ministry of Health during the Hajj season in 1440H, without reporting a single public health event or disease outbreak among pilgrims.

In a statement, the organization expressed its sincere thanks and deep appreciation to all heroes and health care volunteers for their dedication to providing health care services to more than 2.5 million pilgrims.

WHO added that this led the Ministry of Healthin the Kingdom, in cooperation with the World Health Organization, to develop atool for early health warning system.

WHO pointed out that the health authorities inthe Kingdom and within the framework of the early health warning system issuesdaily updates on the situation, which reflects their strong commitment totransparency.

A team of the organization visited healthcenters and hospitals in Mina, Muzdalifah and Arafat and learned about the workdone on the ground, the statement said, noting that the field visit proved thatthe early warning system is in place and functioning well.

He explained that the organization cooperatedwith the health authorities in the Kingdom in assessing the availability ofhealth care services in health facilities in the Holy Places using the standardtools of the organization and that the results of this evaluation would beuseful in further strengthening services and meeting the needs of pilgrims.

The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmedthat the Kingdom was well prepared to prevent and respond to the risksassociated with human populations such as heat diseases and food poisoning. Thehigh level of preparedness has contributed to reducing the number of cases tothe lowest level. There have been no major health issues among pilgrims thisseason.

WHO commended the high level of coordination and cooperation among all sectors in the Kingdom throughout the Hajj season, where this collaborative multisectoral approach was evident in the field.

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