SDG3 Good Health and Wellbieng
Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG3) focuses on ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for people of all ages. Saudi Arabia, in alignment with its Vision 2030, has made significant strides in addressing health and well-being challenges. Majmaah University, in turn, contributes through education, research, and health programs aimed at promoting public health and supporting the national agenda.
KSA’s Efforts in Addressing SDG3 (Good Health and Well-being)
Saudi Arabia has undertaken a series of initiatives to meet the objectives of SDG3, ensuring healthcare access, reducing disease prevalence, and promoting overall well-being:
Vision 2030 and Healthcare Reform: Vision 2030 emphasizes enhancing the quality of healthcare services, expanding access to care, and ensuring sustainability in the health sector. One key initiative is the Health Sector Transformation Program, which aims to improve healthcare infrastructure, increase the capacity of hospitals, and promote preventative care.
Universal Health Coverage: Saudi Arabia has made significant progress in providing universal health coverage to its citizens. The government has invested heavily in public health systems, offering free healthcare to all Saudis and subsidized healthcare to residents through Ministry of Health hospitals and clinics. Additionally, private sector partnerships have been encouraged to support health services.
Disease Control and Prevention: The government has made significant efforts to combat infectious diseases through vaccination campaigns and public health awareness. For instance, Saudi Arabia’s COVID-19 response was internationally recognized for its rapid vaccination rollout and comprehensive testing measures. Similarly, the Kingdom has developed strategies for controlling diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, which are prevalent in the region.
Mental Health Support: In recent years, Saudi Arabia has expanded its focus on mental health as part of its healthcare reform. Mental health clinics have been integrated into primary care centers, and public awareness campaigns have been launched to reduce stigma around mental health issues.
International Health Initiatives: Saudi Arabia plays an active role in global health by contributing to humanitarian health efforts. Through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), the country provides medical aid and relief to countries affected by crises, thus promoting global health security.
Majmaah University’s Role in SDG3 (Good Health and Well-being)
Majmaah University is dedicated to supporting SDG3 through various initiatives aimed at promoting health and well-being within its community and beyond:
Health and Psychological Counseling: Majmaah University provides free mental health support and psychological counseling services to students and staff through its academic and psychological guidance department. This initiative aims to improve the well-being of the university community by addressing mental health challenges and promoting resilience.
Health Awareness Programs: The university regularly organizes health awareness campaigns and educational lectures on topics like mental health, nutrition, and preventive care. These events are designed to educate students and staff about healthy living and prevent lifestyle-related diseases, such as diabetes and cardiovascular issues.
Collaborations with Health Institutions: Majmaah University collaborates with national healthcare institutions, including the Saudi Ministry of Health, to facilitate research and develop public health programs. These partnerships help the university stay updated on the latest healthcare trends and implement effective public health strategies.
Medical Research and Innovation: The university encourages faculty and students to engage in medical research that addresses pressing health issues within Saudi society. Research in areas like disease prevention, medical technology, and mental health helps in advancing the country’s healthcare system and addressing health challenges at both the local and national levels.
Student Health Services: Majmaah University also provides on-campus medical services, offering routine health check-ups, vaccinations, and medical advice to students and staff. This ensures a healthy learning environment and contributes to the overall well-being of the university community.
Both the Saudi government and Majmaah University are deeply committed to achieving SDG3. Through Vision 2030, the government is enhancing healthcare infrastructure, expanding universal health coverage, and focusing on disease prevention. Majmaah University complements these efforts by promoting health awareness, providing mental health support, and engaging in medical research, contributing to the broader goal of improving health and well-being at both local and national levels.
University Medical Center
- Vision: To achieve the highest standards of quality in healthcare and stay abreast of scientific advancements, ensuring the application of global standards in the field.
- Mission: To excel in performance by utilizing modern science and adhering to medical ethics.
- Values: Integrity, fairness, trust, and mutual respect.
- Goal: To provide high-quality medical treatment and primary healthcare services to university members, students, and community individuals, ensuring they have access to necessary medications and other resources.
Clinics:
Percentage and Numbers of the treated Cases:
University Medical Center opens its specialized clinics to receive patients
https://m.mu.edu.sa/ar/news/centers-and-institutes/university-medical-center/196326
The University Medical Center announces the opening of its specialized clinics to receive visitors from the university’s employees, students and their families, as part of facilitating access to health care services and improving their quality.
The center has started receiving its clients in specialized clinics, which include the Neurology Clinic, Internal Medicine Clinic, Pediatric Clinic, Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic, Family Medicine Clinic, Ophthalmology Clinic and Dermatology Clinic. Appointments at the center can be booked through the number: 0164043333 by direct contact, or by WhatsApp message.
For his part, the Executive Director of the Center, Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Harbi, stated that the Center includes an elite group of distinguished medical staff in a number of qualitative specialties, and is equipped with the latest necessary medical equipment; with the aim of working to raise the quality of treatment and health services in it, and he explained that the Center is continuing to update its strategic plan to develop its services provided to university members, by working to increase the number of medical clinics, developing the performance of health practitioners in it, and working to achieve the goals of Vision 2030 in developing health services.
Dr. Al-Harbi thanked the university leadership, represented by its President, Prof. Dr. Saleh bin Abdullah Al-Mazel, for his continuous support in providing everything the medical center needs, and the university’s Vice President, Prof. Dr. Musallam bin Mohammed Al-Dosari, for his continuous follow-up and guidance to the center in the pursuit of continuous development.
The female medical staff participated in the medical services.
At the educational awareness exhibition for early detection of breast cancer
Which was held by the university in Al Majmaah Mall
Where she provided medical examination of the disease and health education for him.
Female medical staff participates in breast cancer awareness exhibition
The female medical staff of the Medical Services participated in the university’s educational awareness exhibition for early detection of breast cancer (Don’t neglect any sign), which targets women in society.
It was organized in Al Majmaah Mall, for four days from 17-20/10/2018, daily from 4:30 pm to 9:30 pm.
The exhibition, which the university is keen to organize every year, aims to raise awareness among women in society about the dangers of breast cancer and ways to prevent and detect it early.
Medical Services Participate in Breast Cancer Awareness Activities
Medical services participated in breast cancer awareness activities
Which was held by the university in cooperation with the Zahra Breast Cancer Association in Al Majmaah Governorate
The medical services provided an informational corner to present the causes of this disease and methods of treatment, with the aim of contributing to spreading cultural awareness of breast cancer.
Distributing brochures explaining the different treatment methods for breast cancer, starting with surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and reaching hormonal therapy, and ending with the latest treatment methods.
It is a targeted treatment, whether immune or biological, and an introduction to foods that reduce the incidence of breast cancer, a practical explanation of how to do a self-examination, and an introduction to the correct method of examination.
Duties of the Academic Advisor in Cases of Social and Psychological Guidance
- The academic advisor performs their academic duties with the student, while also fulfilling their role in providing psychological and social support within the limits they can assist. In cases that are difficult to manage, the advisor refers the student to specialized departments at the university, encouraging them to seek help and benefit from those resources.
- The advisor provides guidance for the student to meet with a psychological or social counselor in cases where the advisor sees the need for a referral, clarifying to the student that this does not imply they are mentally or psychologically ill, and reassuring them about the confidentiality of the matter.
- The advisor supplies the psychological and social counselor with a brief summary of the student's situation, if the student desires this.
- The advisor maintains the highest level of confidentiality during counseling sessions.
Tasks of the Student Guidance and Counseling Unit
https://www.mu.edu.sa/ar/colleges/college-of-education/21496
- Helping the student discover himself/herself by realizing his/her abilities, readiness, inclinations, and skills, and understanding the problems he/she faces, whatever their type.
- Helping the student understand his/her physical and social environment, including its potential and shortcomings, and benefit from his/her own potential and the potential available to him/her in his/her environment, to set realistic goals for his/her achievement and proper planning to achieve these goals.
- Developing the student’s ability to make decisions.
- Achieving the student’s psychological health and contributing to helping and training him/her to solve his/her problems on his/her own.
- Developing the student’s ability to dialogue, consult, and express opinions freely and responsibly.
- Linking the student to his/her community, with the aim of developing his/her positive social personality.
- Providing the student with the ability to change for the better and adapt to unexpected variables.
- Evaluation of services - educational, extracurricular - directed to male and female students.
- Activating student activities.
- Participation of male and female students in decisions by spreading the culture of dialogue, student advisory councils, and activating their roles in the college.
- Determining the future needs of male and female students in light of the college’s vision and future aspirations.
- Continuously monitoring the academic performance of all students through subject coordinators and department heads and identifying cases of academic failure.
- Studying cases of academic failure and dealing with them individually.
- Studying student cases that need psychological, social, or financial support services and helping to overcome these problems either directly through the college administration or by referring them to specialists in coordination with the relevant authorities at the university.
- Holding the necessary seminars and courses to develop students’ academic, intellectual and interactive skills, to develop their positive personality and motivate them to excel on both the academic and personal levels.
- Providing career advice and guidance to students, informing them of available job opportunities, and enhancing their ability to choose by seeking the help of experienced faculty members at the college, inviting specialists, and hosting interested employers.
- Helping new students in the college to adapt and integrate into the educational environment of the college quickly and easily by introducing them to the unit’s services and meeting their needs.
https://m.mu.edu.sa/ar/news/colleges/college-of-applied-medical-sciences/195471
The college, represented by the Student Activities Unit, held an event entitled (Mental Health) on the World Mental Health Day. The event aims to spread public awareness of mental health issues, focusing on the psychological problems that individuals may suffer and affect their quality of life.
The college announces holding a workshop (Mental health and well-being for all is a priority)
https://www.mu.edu.sa/ar/news/colleges/college-of-education/206106
Mental health and well-being for all is a priority.
The College of Education - Student Guidance and Counseling Unit - represented by the Kindergarten Department announced the holding of a workshop entitled (Mental Health and Well-Being for All is a Priority - World Mental Health Day), presented by Dr. Maha Abdel-Halim - a faculty member in the Kindergarten Department - targeting female students, on Tuesday 25/3/1445 AH, at 9:00 - 11:00 AM, where registration for the workshop will be via the Irtiqa platform.
https://m.mu.edu.sa/ar/news/deanships/deanship-of-student-affairs/206801
Based on the directives of His Excellency the University President, Prof. Dr. Saleh bin Abdullah Al-Muzal, and with the follow-up of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Prof. Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Aboudi, and in order to ensure the continuity of providing distinguished student guidance and counseling services to male and female students of the university, the Deanship of Student Affairs, represented by the Student Guidance and Counseling Center, held an exhibition dedicated to World Mental Health Day in the lobby of the female students’ complex, where a group of mental health consultants and professors at the university met with a number of male and female students, and psychological advice and guidance were provided to them, in addition to a number of lectures.
For his part, the Dean of Student Affairs, Dr. Saleh bin Amelih Al-Rashidi, expressed his deep thanks and appreciation for the continuous support and sound guidance that the Deanship of Student Affairs receives from His Excellency the University President, which contributed to increasing and improving these services, and the continuous follow-up of the Deanship by His Excellency the Vice President for Academic Affairs.
Lecture on mental health for university students
As part of the College of Education’s keenness to activate the student activities plan,
Working on developing and enhancing student skills, and confronting psychological problems.
The College Agency for Student Affairs held a lecture entitled: (Mental Health of the University Student);
It was presented by Dr. Abdul Hamid Haj Amin.
The college holds a workshop entitled (Mental Health and its Role in Developing Skills)
https://www.mu.edu.sa/ar/news/colleges/college-of-education/201751
Mental health and its role in developing skills.
The College of Education in Al Majmaah (Student Guidance and Counseling Unit), in cooperation with the Kindergarten Department, is holding a workshop entitled (Mental Health and its Role in Developing Skills), presented by Dr. Maha Abdel Halim - a faculty member in the Kindergarten Department - on Sunday 10/17/144 AH from 11 am to 1 pm at the College of Education Theater in Al Majmaah for female students.
https://www.mu.edu.sa/sites/default/files/MU08.%20%20Anti-Smoking%20Regulations.pdf
https://www.mu.edu.sa/sites/default/files/content/2020/10/General%20Student%20Handbook.pdf
The University is committed to provide a smoke free environment for its students, faculty, staff, administrators, visitors and the general public on campuses. Environmental tobacco smoke or involuntary smoking is a cause of disease, including lung cancer, in healthy nonsmokers. The simple separation of smokers and nonsmokers within the same air space may reduce, if not eliminate, the exposure of nonsmokers to environmental tobacco smoke.
University Owned or Leased Property
1. Smoking is prohibited on University owned or leased property including grounds, parking lots, athletic fields, recreation fields, tennis courts and any other outdoor area, including any vehicle located on the University’s property.
2. Appropriate signs designated by the University Department of Public Health shall be posted at all entrances to University-owned or leased buildings.
University Owned Buildings and Leased Space
1. Smoking shall be prohibited in any University-owned building including leased facilities. This prohibition shall apply to any area enclosed by the outermost walls of the building and will include atriums, balconies, stairwells and other similar building features.
2. There shall be no ashtrays or similar receptacles in University-owned or leased buildings or other spaces where smoking is prohibited.
3. Appropriate signs designated by the University Department of Public Health shall be posted at all entrances to University-owned or leased buildings.
University Owned Passenger Vehicles and Moving Equipment
1. Smoking shall be prohibited at all times in any University owned or leased vehicles or vehicles provided by the University.
2. The smoking prohibition applies to passenger vehicles and all other mobile equipment to include light and heavy trucks, cargo and passenger vans, buses and any other applicable mobile equipment.
3. Appropriate signs designated by the University Department of Public Health shall be posted in every vehicle owned or leased by the University.
Complaints and Enforcement
The Department of Public Health is responsible for maintaining a system for receiving and investigating complaints of non-compliance with the University policy regarding smoking. The University Police Department is the designated law enforcement authority for the campus.
Any person may register a complaint with the University Department of Public Health by call or by registering a complaint on the University web site.
The University Human Resource Services Department will be responsible to inform all Professional & Scientific and Merit applicants and current employees in those classifications that Universityowned and leased facilities and grounds are smoke-free environments. The Academic Affairs Office will be responsible to inform all applicants for Faculty positions and current members of the Academy that University-owned and leased facilities and grounds are smoke-free environments.
Any person can inform another that the University is a smoke free environment and that smoking violates the University policy. If the individual refuses to stop smoking, a complaint can be filed against a violator with the University’s Police Department.
https://www.mu.edu.sa/ar/deanships/deanship-of-student-affairs/262
It is an integrated program that aims to eliminate this deadly scourge and strive to make Majmaah University a smoke-free university, and thus protect the youth of society from falling into the pitfalls of smoking and its various harms. This program includes intensive awareness campaigns and codified systems and regulations, and the Deanship of Student Affairs has paid great attention to this program, which the university is keen to produce in a manner befitting the university and the event for which this program was prepared. Among the activities that the Deanship intends to carry out to eradicate this scourge are the following:
"Laws and Regulations for Combating Smoking 2022"
Sites where smoking is prohibited
https://www.mu.edu.sa/ar/departments/general-departmant-of-university-safety-security/50296
Smoking is prohibited in the following places:
- All university facilities are generally closed and open.
- Faculties, libraries and administrative offices of the university.
- Celebration halls, lecture halls, exhibition halls, meeting rooms, laboratories, meal areas, and the outdoor courtyard of the university headquarters.
- Public and private university transportation owned by the university.
- Facilities and gymnasiums affiliated to the university.
Violators of the provisions of the regulation shall be dealt with according to the following:
- Committing the violation for the first time: Directing a written attention to the violator, with a directive to the anti-smoking clinic in case he wishes to benefit from its services and register in his file.
- Repeat the violation for the second time: Issuing a written warning to the violator and recording it in his file.
- Repeating the violation for the third time and above The violator, whether he is a student, employee, faculty member or worker, shall be referred to the Disciplinary Committee, each according to his committee, and the regular procedures and penalties shall be taken against him.
- In the event that the violator is not one of the university employees, he will be alerted and informed of the smoking ban system in all university facilities, and in the event that he does not respond, he is asked to leave the university or college.