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TO ASK'S
HEALTH PROGRAM

The Health program was developed to provide elementary students (mainly ages 6 to 12 years old) with various medical services. These services include but are not limited to:

1. Health Education: ASK organized its first Health Education Workshop in the Culture Club of the University of Sulaymania in February 12, 1999. Physicians and health/nutrition experts from the University and UNICEF participated in the Workshop.

2. Medical Services: Medical Services was a program designed to provide school children ages from 6 to 12 years old with dental and optical treatments. These services were divided to two regions:
       2-1 Dental and Optical Services in the City of Sulaymania
       2-2 Optical Service in Rural cities (Sharbashair, Halabja, Shorish, Smood)

3. School Health Program
       3-1 School Dental Program
       3-2 School Optical Program
       3-3 School Skin Program