Schoolchildren at one of Dettol’s ‘Mission for Health’ workshops.
Doha: Dettol, as part of its ‘Mission for Health’ initiative, is conducting a school road show programme in Qatar providing health and hygiene education to approximately 29,000 children.
Following the global success of the community based initiative; ‘Mission for Health’ was launched in the region to raise health and hygiene standards across the Middle East.
The Dettol school road show is kick-starting a new year from September and will be touring schools in Qatar educating primary school children between the ages of 6 to 9 years.
The programme engages children in fun educational workshops, where they learn of the existence of unseen germs, the illnesses they cause and how to wash their hands properly to prevent such germs from infecting them.
“It is important to educate children when it comes to health and hygiene, so that they learn the fundamental principles to prevent and reduce the spread of infections amongst their peers,” said Dr Hanan Shaban, Medical Marketing Manager, Reckitt Benckiser, Middle East and Iran.
“Dettol’s ‘Mission for Health’ is a community based initiative that actively helps to improve health and hygiene standards,” he said.
The Peninsula
