Official government website of the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 
The fourth edition of the university's "Health, Awareness and Education" campaign was launched today, Sunday, under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Dr. Faisal bin Meshal bin Saud bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Qassim Region, and with the support and follow-up of His Excellency Prof. Abdulrahman bin Hamad Al-Dawood, President of the University, where the campaign is based at the Celebration Center in Qubbah Center, 150 km from the main headquarters of the University of Qassim.
This comprehensive qualitative campaign stems from the university's pioneering role in the field of social responsibility. The university aims to contribute to instilling positive concepts, belonging to the country and serving it, protecting young people from the paths of extremism, deviant ideas and wrong behaviors, supporting the quality of life through medical programs, health and psychological awareness, and raising the level of personal skills and capabilities to support scientific and cognitive achievement.
For his part, Prof. Dr. Ahmed bin Ibrahim Al-Turki, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the campaign, explained that the university started preparing for this campaign 6 months ago by forming more than 14 committees, including organizational, scientific and executive committees, which specialized in preparing all the various programs and events required by the campaign, as well as preparing the premises for their implementation, preparing training halls, preparing the housing and food for the teams implementing the programs, preparing publications and media coverage, and forming a women's committee specialized in women's programs and following up on their implementation.
He added that more than sixty members of the university affiliates joined these committees and worked diligently to accomplish the tasks assigned to them, noting that the number of implementers of the campaign's programs and events reached six hundred university affiliates and students, and the number of programs and events exceeded 240 programs and events, which are implemented at the campaign headquarters and in a number of schools, mosques and government departments in and around Qubbah Center.
Al-Turki said: The programs that will be offered throughout the days of the campaign vary between Sharia programs (57 programs), educational programs (26 programs), medical clinics (37 programs), oral health and dentistry (32 programs), health and nutrition awareness (21 programs), training and skill courses (14 programs), in addition to laboratory, visual and radiological examination and physiotherapy programs, which totaled 46 programs.
Al-Turki also pointed out that sports and entertainment will have a large share among these programs. The campaign has also allocated a pavilion to educate young people about the dangers of drugs and harmful chemical compounds such as shabu and others, in addition to organizing a veterinary convoy to examine and treat livestock in Qubbah center carried out by qualified veterinary consultants from the university, the campaign programs start from morning and continue until evening for five continuous days to serve the people of Qubbah center and its surroundings who number more than 20,000 people.
