Launch of the "Healthy Environment Against Cancer" Campaign in Karak
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Karak Governorate, in cooperation with the King Hussein Cancer Foundation and the 'We' platform affiliated with the Crown Prince Foundation, organized an awareness meeting to launch the "Healthy Environment Against Cancer" campaign, on the occasion of World Environment Health Day, in the presence of Karak Governorate's Assistant Governor for Administrative Affairs, Anbar Al-Ghassian, and with the participation of a group from the local community and the governorate's center staff.
The campaign messages focus on raising community awareness of the importance of preserving the environment and confirming that environmental pollution directly affects health, and highlighting the importance of combating smoking in all its forms and reducing air pollution, which increase the incidence of cancer.
Assistant Governor Al-Ghassian emphasized the need to spread awareness of the importance of a clean and safe environment as a primary defense line to protect citizens' health, stressing the importance of institutional integration between official agencies and civil society institutions, and praising the educational role of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation.
For her part, the health educator, Aziza Al-Zaro, explained that celebrating World Environment Health Day through this campaign reflects the desire to instill healthy environmental behaviors to reduce factors harmful to individual and community health, and the meeting included the presentation of educational shows and dialogue sessions on cancer that addressed the dimensions of environmental health and prevention methods.
