Ministry of Health has opened the Health Corner to encourage individuals to stay healthy.
The Health Corner promotes healthy office spaces and supports individuals to screen, self-identify and monitor the early onset of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in order to modify behavioral risk factors without having to visit the hospital.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Minister of Health Ahmed Naseem said the majority are aware of major health issues and relatively little attention is given towards such issues. As such, he said that more attention should be given towards NCDs such as cancer and stroke.
Minister Naseem said Health Corners should be established in schools, private companies and government offices. In addition, he said it is important to take initiative of such matters with the changes taking place in the world to fight the spread of NCDs.