‘A happy mouth is a happy body’: Campaign launched on oral, dental care

QNA
Doha: The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has launched an awareness campaign in cooperation with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) to raise awareness on the importance of oral and dental care, positive habits, current oral and dental services in the community.

The campaign aims to enhance communication between dental services and prevention departments in various medical facilities with different sectors of society through 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.

MOPH participates with its partners 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 behaviors 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 Mar. 20, under the theme ‘A happy mouth is a happy body’, in addition to participating in the GCC Oral Health Unified Week from Mar. 25-31.

Director of the NCDs Prevention Programs at MoPH Sheikh Dr. Mohammed bin Hamad Al-Thani said the Ministry is keen to implement several programs and courses aimed at preventing oral diseases, pointing to the launch of health care program for the elderly last year, which targeted the medical staff concerned with the care of the elderly. He stated that MOPH will continue to implement such programs that support such a group and all segments of society.