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DUBAI - Increase in mental health issues among adolescents was the main topic of discussion amongst officials at the regional workshop on Adolescent Health Situation Analysis and Regional Core Indicators held on Sunday.
Senior officials from the World Health Organisation and the UAE Ministry of Health said the workshop would review the current status of adolescent health and plan more programmes to enhance healthy lifestyles and protect against diseases. Dr Mahmoud Fikri, Assistant Undersecretary for Health Policies at the Ministry of Health, while inaugurating the meeting said: “About 2.6 million youngsters aged between 10 and 24 years die every year worldwide due to diseases and unhealthy lifestyles including obesity, anemia and less physical activity. Unfortunately, such factors can lead to chronic diseases such as heart and vascular diseases. It is very important to enhance healthy lifestyles and protect against dangerous diseases through continuous planning and implementation of studied programme,” he told the gathering.
Dr Tawfiq Khaja, Director General, Executive Office of the GCC Ministers’ of Health Office called upon GCC health ministers to establish administrations that would supervise the health of the younger generations.
He called for setting up of a new programme called ‘youngsters medicine’ at the college and university level. “Results of the GCC studies have proved that adolescents and the younger generation in the Gulf region face addiction to tobacco and fall prey to anxiety, depression, violence, accidents, genetic diseases, sexual transmitted diseases such HIV/AIDS, obesity, eating disorders and iodine deficiency which may lead to non-communicable diseases in adulthood,” he ended.
“The UN General Secretary aims for increasing the health status of women and children as millions of adolescents between 15 and 19 years old are married and face several health risks due to early pregnancy and birth,” said Dr Haifa Madi, Director of Health Enhancement and Protection, WHO Regional Eastern Mediterranean Office.
Each county will develop, during the three-day meeting, a one year adolescent health plan to be implemented in stages.
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