Ooredoo has launched its annual ‘Health month’ of activities for employees as the company celebrates International World Health Day today.
‘Health month’ is part of the company’s social responsibility strategy to encourage a healthy lifestyle for all of Qatar, and activities for employees will include the distribution of healthy snacks, free weight check-ups, body-mass-index (BMI) screening sessions, blood pressure readings, blood sugar tests, free dental check-ups, medical check-ups, and eye check-ups, among others.
Ooredoo Community & Public Relations director Fatima Sultan al-Kuwari said: “Encouraging people to live healthier lifestyles is a key part of Ooredoo’s Corporate Social Responsibility strategy, and we extend that approach to our employees with our annual Health Month. Along with healthy food and medical check-ups, we aim to educate our employees on the benefits of better diet and fitness.”
As well as internal activities, Ooredoo will also be encouraging customers to educate themselves through their social media pages on World Health Day.
World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated every April 7, under the sponsorship of the World Health Organisation. This year, WHO has dedicated the day to highlight an epidemic rapidly visible in many countries – diabetes.
According to the International Diabetes Federation, 415mn people have diabetes in the world and more than 35.4mn people in the Mena region.
In Qatar alone, there were an estimated 239,100 cases of diabetes in 2015.
Ooredoo sponsors and supports a host of events and programmes aimed to promote healthy living, education, and community across Qatar, including building and operating the Fahad Bin Jassim Kidney Centre to support kidney patients in Qatar and the Ooredoo Cancer Awareness Centre.
More information on Ooredoo’s CSR initiatives are available online at www.ooredoo.qa.