Description of the website

The website of the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Bahrain includes immunization-related guidelines, information sheets about Vaccines Adverse Events Following Immunization and Myths and facts about vaccination in the formats of questions and answers. Disease-specific pages provide information on vaccine-preventable diseases.

The Ministry of Health of Bahrain espouses the vision that "All population have access to quality health care throughout life time". In partnership with stakeholders leads an informed, integrated, regulated, sustainable, equitable and affordable health system to ensure the availability of high quality service to all population. The Ministry plays a major policy making role, promotes health and ensures that resources are used efficiently and effectively for a high standard evidence based care.

The Ministry of Health's work is driven by the following objectives:

• Sustaining the population’s health through health promotion and prevention
• Integrating services throughout the health system
• Putting quality first
• Access for all to healthcare services
• Enhancing MOH’s role in policy making and governance
• Health service sustainability

Website’s sponsorship policy

Ministry of Health website is sponsored by the ministry itself through “Health Information Directorate”.

Website’s content or editorial policy

The “Health Information Directorate”, makes part of the Ministry of Health and takes the responsibilities of all the design, technicalities and initiating the eServices and keeping the web site based on W3C standards as well considering the Accessibility, Privacy Policy and eParticipation Policy.