Health strategy 2015-2018 launched in Bahrain

The ministry's mission is to provide all Bahrain's population with 24/7 easily accessible high quality healthcare for life.

Health Minister Faeqa bint Saeed Al Saleh has patronised the launching of the introductory campaign for the Health Improvement Strategy 2015-2018.
The ministry's mission is to provide all Bahrain's population with 24/7 easily accessible high quality healthcare for life.
The ministry strives to improve the health of individuals and the whole community and provide accessible, sustainable high quality health services to the whole population according to its strategic plans through optimisation of available resources to maintain health care as per scientifically recognised and proven standards.
The ministry launched 20 initiatives to implement its main six goals to promote healthy lifestyles, reduce communicable diseases, fight and prevent incommunicable diseases, protect people from contagious diseases, integration of the Health Ministry's Accident & Emergency Department and linking with the relevant bodies and implement strategies into the healthcare system
Syed Junaid Alam International Quran Award concludes
Personal Representative of His Majesty the King Shaikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa has deputised Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments Shaikh Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa to attend the concluding ceremony of the 13th edition of the annual Syed Junaid Alam International Quran Award.
Board Chairman of the Holy Quran Custody Society (HQCS) Ishaq bin Rashid Al Kooheji thanked the King's Personal Representative for patronising the award.
He praised the tremendous support given by Bahrain leadership and government to the competition which is held at Ahmed Al Fateh Islamic Centre. He also thanked the organising committee for their efforts to ensure success of the award.
He said that the support accorded by the family of Syed Junaid Alam to the award has contributed to its success in being chosen the best international competition in the Holy Quran by the Muslim World League's Holy Quran Memorisation International Organisation in July 2014.
On his part, head of the organising committee Abdul Ghani Al Amri expressed honour in heading the committee and serving the Holy Quran. He also paid tribute to Bahrain leadership for their unflinching support to the competition, praising the remarkable contributions of Syed Junaid Alam family to its success.
Winners, participants and the jury of the competition were honoured. It is to note that the organising committee of the award has earmarked more than BD40,000 cash prizes for all contestants who competed over four days running at Ahmed Al Fateh Islamic Centre from November 21 to 24.
Nadine Gallery celebrates Bahraini female artists
When Bahraini artist Nadine Al Shaikh established Nadine Gallery, she wanted mainly to establish a platform for emerging Bahraini talents.
"We simply wanted to bring them to a wider audience by exhibiting their works alongside established artists," Nadine, the founder of Nadine Gallery-Art and Design Lounge, said.
However, with time, the ambitions grew and Nadine wanted her bold dreams to become a sweet reality for young Bahraini women with talent.
"As we moved along, we widened our scope and linked with likeminded institutions, which are committed to a professional approach to art and to fostering cultural diversity and exchange," she said. "That is when we launched the Annual Exhibition for Female Artists, and I decided to make it the gallery's mission to support fully Bahraini women," she said.
Last week, she stood proud as Nadine Gallery, in collaboration with the Capital Governorate and the US Embassy in Bahrain, organised the fourth annual art exhibition for Bahraini female artists, entitled "Boxes", at Isa Cultural center in the capital Manama.
The opening of the art exhibition was attended by a large crowd of art lovers, and included Capital Governor Shaikh Hisham bin Abdulrahman Al Khalifa, and US Ambassador William Roebuck.
The three-day exhibition featured more than 35 Bahraini artists who displayed 60 works of their art.

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