DOHA: The Ministry of Education and Higher Education, in collaboration with the Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC), will launch the Adolescent Health Friendly Program in a number of public schools for boys and girls at the beginning of the academic year 2018-19.
In this regard, a training workshop was held with the participation of a group of experts and consultants on adolescent health, in the presence of school principals and administrators, said a release.
The workshop included an overview of the adolescent health project and the role of school principals and psychologists in this regards. The Adolescent Health Friendly Program is one of the priorities of the PHCC’s national strategy, in order to create health programs to enhance the ability of the adolescents and their families to adapt to the health and psychological changes and challenges that may be associated with this period or in the future.
The program aims to provide high quality, accessible and appropriate health services for adolescents on basis of their needs and in cooperation with other relevant stakeholders such as the family, community, schools, government and private institutions.
