In a bid to support the ongoing national efforts to enhance the capabilities of the educational sector to confront Covid-19 repercussions, the Health Promotion Department, HPD, at the Supreme Council for Family Affairs in Sharjah has released, in cooperation with Sharjah Private Education Authority (SPEA) a series of 16 awareness-raising E-booklets to promote community awareness about the precautionary and preventive measures in schools.
Designed for students, parents, and teaching and administrative staff, the booklets are available in Arabic and English languages, and divided into 8 sections, including a preventive guide for parents, a preventive guide for students, signs and symptoms, ways to immunize the body, the importance of adhering to preventive measures, healthy student meal recipes, information about kids’ lunch box, and tips and advice on how to promote public health during distance learning.
The newly released booklets are part of the executive phases of the “Together we return” campaign launched by the SPEA in partnership with the HPD at the beginning of the new academic year.
Her Excellency Iman Rashid Saif, Director, Health Promotion Department, said: “The updated health information and guidelines in these booklets would help enhance the adherence of students, parents, teaching and administrative staff to the precautionary measures that are approved and issued by competent authorities and the World Health Organization (WHO).”
“Our goal is to encourage healthy lifestyles and develop a healthy and safe school environment. This would positively impact the physical, social, and educational growth of students,” she added.
Thanking the SPEA for its great efforts in making these publications available for students and parents, Iman Rashid Saif threw light on the themes of the booklets, in particular, the preventive guide for students and parents, pointing to the steps students and parents should follow, whether at home, the bus or school, to prevent Covid-19 infection, in addition to several public health awareness topics aimed at encouraging community members to adopt healthy lifestyles and enhance their physical ability to combat infectious diseases.
