Kuwait Holds Activity For Designating Healthy Shopping Malls

(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT, July 20 (KUNA) -- The Ministry of Health, represented by the Healthy Cities Office, has organized a GCC gathering as part of the final assessment of health-enhancing shopping malls engaged in the "Muazzaz" initiative.
The meeting was held as a prelude to declaring names of the malls, designated as healthy for visitors in the GCC member countries.
Dr. Amal Al-Yahya, the office director, said in a statement on Sunday that the gathering was organized and supervised by the Joint Gulf Committee for Healthy Cities, under auspices of the Riyadh-headquartered Gulf Health Council.
Up to six shopping malls had been designated as healthy since the initiative was launched in Kuwait in 2023, Dr. Al-Yahya said, indicating that at present, jurists from Kuwait and the other GCC countries would assess three commercial complexes that accepted to be enrolled in the "Muazzaz" designation -- Promenade, the Avenues and 360-mall.
Meanwhile, Ameera Al-Uraimi, representing Oman in the activity during her third visit to Kuwait for the task, noted that Kuwait had worked out guidelines for the initiative.
"Muazzaz" has been adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO), Al-Uraimi added.
Meanwhile, the director of Al-Othman Dar, Abdullah Al-Thaman said the Promenade, the largest of the late Abdullah Abdulatif Al-Othman's inheritance properties, is a one of the most attractive mecca for shopping and leisure in Kuwait.
He indicated that the Promenade had been accorded the "golden accreditation" in the first edition of the initiative when four malls had earned the designation for a three-year term starting in June 2024.
The Promenade had been selected for safety, visitors' comfort, availability of healthy food, walking lanes, a skating hall in addition to facilities for babies, children, the elderly and special challenges cases.
Moreover, the shopping complex hosts throughout the year campaigns for blood donations and promoting awareness against disease such as cancer and a first aid section. (end)
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