3274: World Health Day Focuses on Science and Teacher Support

On the Miraya Breakfast Show, Dr Mutale Senkwe, Cluster Lead for Health Programme and Technical Officer for Noncommunicable Diseases at WHO, and Dr Kenneth Sube, Dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Juba, said this year’s World Health Day theme, “Together for Health, Stand with Science,” is a call to trust science and support practical health solutions. They also highlighted a University of Juba initiative to screen teachers’ eyesight and distribute reading glasses, while urging stronger support for teachers as key pillars of education and national development.