Page 6 - 1st Newsletter - Fall - Aug - Oct 2019

BBS Economic Majlis

Manama – 25th September 2019- BBS Economic Majlis: Sheikh Hisham bin Abdulrahman Al
Khalifa, Governor of the Capital Governorate, Bahrain Businesswomen’s Society, briefed the
Healthy Cities Program during the monthly Economic Council held at the Society’s Headquarters.
The Majlis’ topics covered the Economic and Social Development in all areas, promoting healthy
lifestyles and disease prevention, strengthening social ties and promoting coexistence among
members of society. Approximately 50 BBS members and guests attended the Majlis.

At the beginning of the meeting, the Governor stressed the importance of finding close
cooperation between the Capital Governorate and all civil society institutions to move forward
towards building awareness and a culture of environmental community by encouraging citizens
and residents to pay attention to health and environment issues in all its aspects. This would
be consistent with the efforts of the province towards the inclusion of standards of the Health
City in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and in coordination with all relevant authorities,
especially as those efforts are aimed at promoting a clean and healthy environment and to push
the aesthetic image in the capital towards broad prospects.

For her part, Ahlam Janahi, President of the Bahrain Businesswomen’s Society, praised the
efforts of the Capital Governorate and the Ministry of Health to adopt this program in light of
its positive objectives which will be reflected in improving the health, social and economic
conditions in the capital, pointing out that the program needs community solidarity and
cooperation among various institutions to reach the desired goal.

On the other hand, Mohammed Sabbagh, General Coordinator of the Healthy Cities Program
Committee in the Capital Governorate, and Bushra Al-Hindi, Senior Specialist at the Health
Promotion Department at the Ministry of Health, gave a presentation on the program “Manama
Healthy City”, in which they reviewed the axes through which the program will work, including:
Community organizations and mobilization for health and development, establishment of a
community information center, health development, emergency preparedness and response,
skills development, vocational training and capacity building.