Health awareness campaign informs Hajj pilgrims

The Madinah Health Cluster has embarked on a Health Awareness campaign in several languages for Hajj pilgrims, as reported by the Saudi Press Agency on Tuesday. The campaign, launched in collaboration with Ministry of Hajj and Umrah and the Madinah Development Authority, was launched upon the arrival of the first batch of pilgrims this month.

The initiative includes 97 smart screens in places such as Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport, the Haramain High-Speed Train station, buses transporting pilgrims, shopping centers, and the facilities of the health cluster. It also shares posts in English, French, Urdu, Persian, and Arabic through different media and social networks. Health workers conduct home visits to areas populated by pilgrims, including hotels..

These may include effects of direct sun exposure, heat stroke, exhaustion, lack of water, food poisoning, basic aid, sanitation, hygiene, and so on.

The world’s biggest Muslim-majority nation will be sending 241,000 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia this year for the spiritual journey that is one of the five pillars of Islam. Hajj this year is expected to start on June 14 and end on June 19.