Mubarak Al-Kabeer neighborhood applies to join WHO Healthy Cities project

KUWAIT, Jan 24 (KUNA) -- Mubarak Al-Kabeer neighborhood, of Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate, had applied to join the World Health Organization (WHO) Healthy Cities project.
Governor of Mubarak Al-Kabeer Ahmad Al-Rujaib has signed the registration form to join the project, Kuwait's Liaison Officer at the WHO project Dr. Ahmad Al-Shatti told KUNA on Saturday.
If the application is approved, Mubarak Al-Kabeer neighborhood would be the fourth Kuwaiti neighborhood to join the international healthcare project after Yarmok and Adiliya neighborhoods of the Al-Asimah Governorate and Rehab neighborhood of Al-Farwaniya Governorate. Al-Shatti added that Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governor also plans to present applications for several other neighborhoods in his governorate to the join the initiative later this year. He noted that the project aims to improve health services in the country.
The WHO Healthy Cities project is a global movement aiming to engage local governments in health development through a process of political commitment, institutional change, capacity-building, partnership-based planning and innovative projects. The project indicates that health is the business of all sectors and local governments are in a unique leadership position, with power to protect and promote their citizens' health and well-being. The initiative is not only concerned with the health sector, but it includes the health considerations in economic, regeneration and urban development efforts.
In May 2014, Yarmouk was declared as the first Kuwaiti member of the project after organizing activities to improve health and environment in the city, leading it to fulfill WHO's requirements.
The activities included a fight against obesity, a walking marathon, beautification and cleaning. Moreover, Yarmouk had other achievements including setting a well-equipped walking track, planting trees, washing the streets, saving power and water and establishing an environmental-friendly park, among other life-improving activities.(end) ran.tb.ag