The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) launched a six-month project to enhance school health care services and tackle malnutrition cases among students and staff in Aden governorate, Yemen.
The team which is equipped with high-tech devices and qualified staff is targeting nearly 44,000 beneficiaries.
In a statement, Jamal Sidqi, Undersecretary of Aden Governorate, said the project is laying the foundation for school health care, describing the move as a step in the right direction.
For his part, Mohammed Abdulraqeeb Al-Raqeebi, Director General of Aden Education Office, said the project aims at creating safe environment to guarantee the continuation of the educational process amid the current breakout of epidemics and diseases, including coronavirus COVID-19.
The Riyadh-based center has also launched an awareness campaign among school students in Aden to prevent the spread of dengue fever.
This comes as part of the emergency response project to combat the disease and was implemented in collaboration with Yemen’s ministry of public health and population.
