RIYADH: The Kingdom’s Ministry of Health has won a 2025 UN Inter-Agency Task Force Award for its comprehensive and innovative policies to address obesity and noncommunicable diseases, according to the Saudi Press Agency.
The award was given to the MOH by the World Health Organization and the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases.
The ceremony took place at the 10th annual Friends of the Task Force Meeting in New York City, held during the recent 80th session of the UN General Assembly.
Mentioned in the award were the MOH’s Sehhaty app, and the Seha Virtual Hospital that is the world’s largest such service.
Also cited were community initiatives including the Healthy Cities Program and Walk 30, which engaged more than 1 million citizens, as well as nutrition policies imposing a sugar-sweetened beverage tax and eliminating industrial trans fats.
