RIYADH: In a massive health education campaign during Haj, the Ministry of Health will send 2 million SMSs to pilgrims’ mobile phones to tell them of the preventive measures to be adopted during their stay in the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah.

“Together for a Healthy Haj” will be the theme of the campaign, which will be implemented in association with the Sanofi establishment.

An MoH official told Arab News on Wednesday that the ministry has launched a multimedia awareness campaign harnessing all media channels to reach the millions of pilgrims coming from across the world.

The ministry has also printed more than 500,000 brochures in 10 languages for distribution among Hajis.

He said the brochures spell out the guidelines to prevent the spread of infection among the pilgrims and advising them of the precautionary measures against health problems. He pointed out that the booklets will be distributed among the pilgrims, who speak different languages.

In addition to these brochures, the ministry will also distribute leaflets containing picture messages of what the pilgrims should and should not do during their stay in the holy cities.

“These leaflets containing pictures can be understood by all pilgrims,” he added.