Officials at the press conference. Pic: Abdul Basit/ The Peninsula
As part of its ongoing initiative 'SALI,' aimed at improving the healthcare facilities in deprived areas worldwide, Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) is organising an international conference.
The ‘Save a Life Initiative’ (SALI) was announced last year. It is focusing on providing urgent primary health care and medical services to vulnerable communities in countries, where access to basic healthcare is not possible due to unrest or lack of facilities.
More than 150 experts from research institutions, universities and NGOs from health sector will participate to the conference.
The representatives from United Nations and its allied organisations including World Health Organisation; Islamic Development Bank and relief workers also attend the conference.
The conference hopes to discuss the SALI initiative, with a model of the initiative presented. The result of Sudan SALI initiative will be also be discussed in the conference. Plans to implement the initiative in Yemen and Palestine will be also be put on table.
“RAF gives priorities to health sector in its projects therefore it has launched SALI to develop this sector," said Dr Mohamad Salah Ibrahim, Deputy Director General of RAF.
"The initiative is an organised scientific model to provide health care services in fragile areas," said Professor Ibrahim Al Jinahi, Head of the Scientific Committee of SALI.
The first phase of the initiative focus on improving the capability of health system by connecting the local health care facilities with international aid providers in the sector.
