The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has launched the asthma-friendly schools programme for 2014-2015, which shall be implemented at 30 local independent schools for boys and girls.
The schools were selected by SCH from among the health sustaining schools in collaboration with the Supreme Education Council, Hamad Medical Corporation, Primary Health Care Corporation, and Qatar Fuel Additives Co Ltd, the official sponsor of the programme.
Sheikh Dr Mohamed bin Hamad al-Thani, director of the Department of Public Health, SCH, affirmed that the programme aims at providing the students suffering from asthma with a safe and supporting education environment at school and help them manage the disease successfully.
The programme targets the students at the age category of 7-15 years old, document the development of the cases and ensure that they have easy access to the required medications.