GCC Civil Service honour for Al Jalahma

Manama, May 4 (BNA): National Health Regulatory Authority’s Chief Executive Officer Mariam Adhbi Al Jalahma has been honoured at a ceremony held in Oman to honour competencies in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) civil service and administrative development sectors. Al Jalahma has been recognized for her outstanding leadership and great efforts in the area of public health and prevention of non-communicable disease and the antismoking programmes and maternal and child health in Bahrain. She has also been recognized for the development of the primary health care strategy, as well as contributing to the development of the strategic plan of the Ministry of Health and participating in the development of the Government's Action Plan and the national health plan. Throughout her long career in the public service, she has been conferred several awards. Oman’s Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said patronised the ceremony attended by GCC Secretary General Abdullatif Al Zayani.