Ministry of Public Health launches annual National Oral Health Campaign – The Peninsula

Ministry of Public Health launches annual National Oral Health Campaign – The Peninsula

Doha: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), in collaboration with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC), has launched the National Oral Health Campaign.

The campaign, which runs throughout September, focuses on oral and dental injuries during sports.

It includes broadcasting an awareness video about oral and dental injuries in stadiums, and the publishing of educational awareness leaflets on oral and dental health in general and oral and dental injuries during sports in particular, through MoPH and health sector partners' social media platforms, in addition to the displays at the public entrances of government and private hospitals, throughout the month of the event.

The campaign is implemented for the fourth year in a row with the participation of the Department of Medical Services at the Ministry of Interior, public and private schools, the College of Dental Medicine at Qatar University, the University of Doha for Science and Technology, and private hospitals.

The campaign is considered one of the outputs of the National Committee for Oral and Dental Health and targets all segments of society and students at government primary, preparatory, and secondary schools by conducting awareness lectures remotely on the importance of oral and dental health for this category and by