Dubai Health launches an awareness campaign for seasonal influenza

Yesterday, the Dubai Health Authority launched a massive campaign to raise awareness of seasonal influenza, targeting various groups of society, especially those most vulnerable to complications from the disease.

The authority was keen to provide sufficient quantities of vaccines in its various primary health care centers, and a number of medical fitness examination centers, in order to facilitate the community members and enable them to obtain the vaccine.

The Executive Director of the Supportive Medical Services and Nursing Sector at the authority, Dr. Farida Abdul Razzaq Al Khaja, emphasized the safety of the vaccine and its role in reducing the complications of seasonal influenza, noting that the authority is keen to provide the vaccine free of charge to citizens, residents over 65 years of age, pregnant women, and children under the age of five , And people of determination, which are the groups most vulnerable to flu complications.

Al Khaja indicated that the awareness campaign includes many axes related to holding virtual training workshops for health sector workers, and virtual awareness lectures for members of the local community, with a focus on the groups targeted by the campaign and most vulnerable to seasonal influenza complications, and the distribution of educational leaflets and leaflets about the causes, symptoms and methods of prevention. Of which.

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