Ms. Manal bint Mubarak Al-Luhaibi, Director General of Education in Jeddah Governorate, on Thursday opened the awareness exhibition of the “Take a Step… Forward in Pink” event, organized by the Women’s Health Care Association in Makkah Region (HERHEALTH) at the headquarters of the General Administration of Education in Jeddah Governorate on Wednesday and Thursday, 28–29 October 2026. The event is part of the “Awareness Calendar” initiative and of the association’s “HERHEALTH in October” campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
At a glance
- DatesWednesday and Thursday, 28–29 October 2026
- VenueGeneral Administration of Education, Jeddah Governorate
- Part of“Awareness Calendar” initiative · “HERHEALTH in October” campaign
The opening ceremony was attended by Dr. Mohammed Atiyah Al-Dhahiri, Director of Capacity Development; Mr. Mansour bin Nasser Al-Harthi, Business Partner for Social Responsibility and Volunteer Work; Dr. Aziza bint Mohammed Ali Al-Ghamdi, Director of the School Health Affairs Department; and a number of education leaders, teachers and staff of the administration.
In her speech at the ceremony, Prof. Zuhour Khader Al-Sharif, Chair of the Board of HERHEALTH and consultant breast surgical oncologist, said this stop is one of the most important of the “HERHEALTH in October” campaign, because a teacher’s influence extends from her classroom to her students, their families and the wider community. She noted that the recovery rate from breast cancer exceeds 95% when it is detected early, God willing. She invited every teacher to make “an appointment with her health” and to be a partner in carrying the campaign’s message to every home and every mother. She thanked the General Administration of Education in Jeddah Governorate for hosting and sponsoring the event, and expressed the association’s hope for a continuing partnership with Jeddah Education within the “Awareness Calendar” and with the School Health Affairs Department.
The event featured an interactive awareness exhibition that presents the breast cancer journey in a simple way, guided by consultants, specialists and volunteers. It also included two discussion sessions to correct common health misconceptions, and an interactive digital journey that lets participants keep learning after the event.
At the close of the ceremony, the association honored the event’s partners and the campaign’s participants, including Dr. Nada Abdulghani Sorouji, consultant in family and lifestyle medicine and Director of Virtual Medical Consultations at Jeddah First Health Cluster; Z Events, the company organizing the campaign’s events; and Mr. Naif Abdulrahman Al-Zahrani, the campaign’s project manager.
HERHEALTH is a specialized non-profit association working in awareness and support so that women can reach the right knowledge and the right service at the right time, based on the belief that women’s health is the cornerstone of community health.
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