Ministry of Health and Prevention Launches Art for Health Competition
The Ministry of Health and Prevention recently launched the 'Art for Health' competitors to increase understanding on lifestyle-related medical conditions and take advantage of young people's imagination and innovativeness, to help deal with the growing health concerns in the nation. The competitors seeks to help understand the objective of UAE Vision 2021 focused on developing a first-rate health market with durable safety nets to minimize the cases of lifestyle-related illness in the country such as obesity, heart ailment, and diabetic issues.
To establish an around the world accepted local health system, H.E. AbdulRahman bin Mohammed Al Owais, Minister of Health and Avoidance, said the "Ministry is constantly strengthening its safety nets, releasing programs decreasing lifestyle-related diseases; and building a healthcare system based on UAE Vision 2021, the National Schedule, the Government Excellence System, Smart Government Effort, the National Method for Innovation, and Sustainable Development Strategy 2030."
H.E. stated that the 'Art for Health' competitors emphasizes the honorable function of the arts, and the young people, the country's future leaders, in delivering relevant social messages to bigger members of the local society and numerous community sections about persistent illness. This initiative is in line with the government's vision in promoting a society of innovation according to UAE Vision 2021, which aims to turn the nation right into a global location for innovation, particularly in the health sector. "When we are innovative, we establish a lasting financial investment for our future. This is inning accordance with the regulations of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, who claimed, 'We are assuming in a different way. Several are forecasting the future. We are making it.' We intend to make the UAE an excellent model for other countries hereof," H.E. said.
H.E. Dr. Hussein Abdel-Rahman Rand, Assistant Undersecretary for Health Clinics and Centers, stated the competitors is additionally aligned with the Ministry's initiatives in promoting much healthier way of livings in local areas; supplying extensive and integrated medical care remedies supplied in innovative and lasting methods; and avoiding the spread of illness in cooperation with its companions. The Ministry and its partners formulated the National Strategy for the Control of Non-Communicable Illness 2017-2021 inning accordance with the objectives of UAE Vision 2021. The nationwide socio-economic structure imagines a world-class local health system and a wider medical insurance coverage to boost the residential sector based on authorized methods such as the nationwide way of living indicators, combating obesity in children and minimizing the death rate among people with cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus.
H.E. Dr. Rand further stated that the art competition additionally intends to urge youths ahead up with their masterpieces in connection with the UAE's health industry. Via this competition, the government is not just buying their energy and creativity but it will certainly also be able to obtain their non-traditional viewpoints in terms of attending to modern-day health difficulties facing the UAE. Inning accordance with him, positive health habits contribute dramatically to the reduction of persistent illness.
For her part, Dr. Fadila Mohammed Sharif, Director of Health Education and Promotion, noted that the 'Art for Health' competition is another innovative way to increase health awareness and encourage the youth to sustain, get involved in, and make a difference in the Ministry's efforts in promoting healthy way of living. Dr. Sharif included that the contest is open to people aged 18 to 30. Those who want to take part in the competitors has to sign up on its official internet site and choose the categories - film, infographics, photography, or graphics - where they wish to join. They will certainly should submit or publish their entries to the site.
All entries will undergo public voting in addition to strenuous assessment by a technical board. They will select the leading 3 entrances for each group, then the winners will be announced.
