THE Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has announced the training of 180 nurses working in public schools participating in the asthma-friendly school program through a workshop focusing on the mechanisms of implementing the program for the current academic year.
The one-week training workshop, which begins on Saturday, features many topics related to the treatment of cases of asthma among students by experts from the Ministry of Public Health, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and the Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC).
The course will include the definition of asthma-friendly schools program, its implementation mechanism, follow up, how to fill in forms of the program and the lessons learned from past experiences, as well as review causes and symptoms of asthma in children and the asthma crisis and how to deal with and prevent them.
The most important asthma drugs, in addition to the lung air flow meter, the asthma control plan, practical training on how to use asthma medicine, and questionnaire will also be reviewed.
The main aim of the asthma-friendly school program is to improve the quality of life and health outcomes of children with asthma in Qatar schools, targeting mainly students with asthma for the six to 12 age group. (qna)