Qatar- MoPH to launch awareness campaign on importance of oral and dental care

Qatar- MoPH to launch awareness campaign on importance of oral and dental care

(MENAFN - The Peninsula) Doha: The State of Qatar participates with the countries of the world in celebrating the International Day of Oral and Dental Health, which falls today, Saturday, March 20, under the slogan (Keep your mouth healthy). On this occasion, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), in cooperation with the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC), is launching an awareness campaign through the ministry's official communication platforms in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The campaign aims to increase awareness about the importance of oral and dental care, and positive habits about the current oral and dental services in the community, and to enhance communication between dental services and prevention departments in various medical institutions with different sectors in society, in addition to targeting all community groups such as children, adolescents, and adults, and encouraging eat a healthy, balanced diet. Dr. Wafaa Al Mulla, an oral and dental health specialist and official in charge of promotion and prevention at the National Oral and Dental Health Committee, said that through the campaign, educational awareness-raising publications on oral and dental health will be published across all social media platforms of the Ministry of Public Health and social