Masirah:The Ministry of Health today celebrated Masirah Island obtaining a certificate of International Recognition from the regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) as the First Healthy Island in the Eastern Mediterranean region.

Abdulhamid Ali Al Abri, Deputy Wali of Masirah and Head of the Executive Office of Masirah Healthy Island said that the ‘Masirah Healthy Island’ project is a unique model regionally and globally despite various challenges, such as the large number of evaluation standards that include the Island’s area, population and distances separating residential communities.