The works entered in the World Health Day competition reflected a good understanding of the causes of high blood pressure by the participantsCairo, 25 March 2013 – More than 1570 art works have been flooding into the Regional Office over the past few weeks for participation in the WHO regional school student art competition for World Health Day 2013.

Participants from 13 countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region submitted art works on high blood pressure, the theme of this year’s World Health Day. The work revealed a high level of awareness of this health issue, illustrating the causes of high blood pressure such as physical inactivity, smoking, unhealthy diet and excessive use of salt and alcohol.

Once the deadline was over, the process began of classifying the entries into five age groups from 8 to 18. Three young people from the AFS Egypt intercultural programme, namely Anita from Germany, Carson from USA and Jihad from Egypt, handled the classification process after being briefed on the theme and context.