Palestinian Medical Relief Society launched “ #New_Breath” Hashtag within a campaign entitled “A New Year and New Breath”, which was implemented under the project of Long-Term Crisis Challenge - Strengthening Primary Health Care for People with Chronic Diseases" in Gaza Strip.
The campaign was launched from Press House - Palestine in partnership with Medico International and funded by the Federal Republic of Germany and the Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development.
The campaign aimed to raise awareness of the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the sixth leading cause of death worldwide ,where a person is expected to die every 6 seconds due to this disease.
Social activists tweeted on the Hashtag of #New_Breath to raise awareness of this dangerous disease, which smoking is considered to be the main cause of it
The campaigners thanked the Press House - Palestine for its support for all activities that serve Palestinian people.