The Labor Market Regulatory Authority prepared and conducted a lecture and a workshop for
the members of the judiciary on with the optimal application of international standards to combat
trafficking in persons. The workshop aimed to identify the modalities of monitoring the victims
of trafficking in persons through the groups that are vulnerable to fall victim of such crimes, such
as laborers, servants, and the like. In addition, it aimed to identify the various forms of the crime
of trafficking in persons and other related crimes; and to highlight the role of prosecution in the
investigation of cases of trafficking in persons, as well as the role of the judge during the trial. The
workshop also aimed to cover the methods of treating the victims and protecting them during the
investigation and the trial, and to identify the best international applications in the field of dealing
with trafficking in persons cases.
(10) The right to health
• The recommendation on the need to adopt and implement a national health strategy, for the
purpose of improving health services, in line with the requirements of population growth. The
Health Improvement Strategy for the years (2015-2018) was adopted. The Strategy includes
strategic objectives to maintain the health of the population through the promotion of preventive
health, the integration of services and realizing quality first, and the universal access to health care
services. The Strategy also aims to enhance the role of the Ministry of Health in developing policies,
governance, and sustainability of health services through the provision of financial and human
resources and medical technologies.
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• The recommendation to improve the performance of monitoring health services to ensure the
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prevention of medical errors. The health services are advanced and optimal, as it recorded the best
health rates in the region, and there are health-monitoring tools internally and externally.
• The recommendation to pay more attention to sickle-cell anemia (SDC) patients and multiple sclerosis
(MS) patients by increasing awareness of these diseases in the medical field, as well as improving
health care and the provision of all medical requirements, and ensuring prompt provision of these
requirements, in accordance with a comprehensive national strategy in this regard. A specialized
clinic was established for the treatment of sickle-cell anemia (SDC) patients in May 2015. The clinic
team consists of a hematologist, an internal medicine physician, a psychological support medical
doctor, an orthopedic surgeon, an anesthesiologist and a pain management doctor, a social service
specialist, clinic administrator, healthcare coordinator for SDC patients, nursing staff, a nutrition
specialist, and a physiotherapist. In addition, it is expected to open a new medical complex in
Muharraq in 2017, which will include a long-term care center, a maternity hospital, a center for
patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), which is the first of its kind in Bahrain and the region, and an
elderly care center.
• The recommendation to raise the safety standards in the prevention of communicable and infectious
diseases in health centers and government and private hospitals. The Ministry of Health organized
a number of preventive programs and awareness campaigns to protect health against various
diseases outside the health centers and hospitals. In addition, the Food Monitoring Division carried
out inspections of a number of facilities and recorded several violations.
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