The Health and Environmental Affairs Committee of the Federal National Council held a meeting today (Monday) at the headquarters of the Council’s General Secretariat in Dubai, headed by the Second Vice President of the Council and Chairperson of the Committee Naama Abdullah Al-Sharhan, to coordinate on discussing the topic of the Ministry of Health and Community Protection’s policy regarding promoting mental health in the country The United Arab Emirates, which the Council will discuss in upcoming sessions.
The meeting was attended by members of the Committee: Committee Rapporteur Nasser Mohammed Al Yamahi, Ahmed Hamad Bushhab, Somaya Abdullah Al Suwaidi, Shatha Saeed Al Naqbi, Uthra Hassan bin Rakad, and Muhammad Ahmed Al Yamahi.
The committee discussed the topic within the axes of the Ministry of Health and Community Protection’s policy and strategic plans in developing policies and legislation in mental health, the Ministry’s role in promoting and expanding the scope of comprehensive and integrated mental health services, promoting the prevention of mental disorders for members of society, and the Ministry’s role in cooperating with the concerned authorities to implement the policy of promoting Mental health and services provided.