By Reem Al Daaysi
Efforts are in full swing to get Busaiteen and Al Sayah in Muharraq recognised as “Healthy City” by the World Health Organisation (WHO) this year.
This follows Manama being designated as a Healthy City in 2021 as the first capital city across the Middle East to receive such an honour, while Umm Al Hassam was named as Bahrain’s first “Healthy City” in 2018 as part of WHO’s Healthy Cities Programme (HCP) launched in 1986.
HCP is a global movement that recognises healthy-supportive environments, good quality of life, basic sanitation and hygiene and access to health care with 80 criteria steps necessary for accreditation in order to receive the sought-after title.
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