Sustainability Development Goals

3.3: Collaborations and Health Services

King Abdulaziz University is committed to implementing a comprehensive health and well-being policy that ensures a safe and supportive learning and working environment for all students, faculty, and staff. The University adopts an integrated framework of procedures and practices designed to identify and mitigate potential risks, while enhancing the overall quality of life on campus by promoting healthy lifestyles within the university community.

In alignment with its role in enhancing impactful health practices, the University implements a range of initiatives and programs, including:

Providing sexual and reproductive health services and infectious disease prevention, in addition to offering preventive and therapeutic services for various public health concerns.
Ensuring equitable and affordable access to healthcare services on campus for students, faculty members, and staff.
Implementing mental health and well-being programs aimed at reducing the incidence of non-communicable diseases and promoting psychological well-being.
Organizing and delivering scheduled and non-scheduled health projects and activities to raise awareness within the local community and contribute to its overall well-being.
Enforcing strict no-smoking policies across all university facilities to maintain a healthy environment.
Applying clear and safe procedures for handling hazardous substances in line with best practices for health and safety.
Establishing local, national, and international collaborations that support community health and strengthen the University’s contribution to sustainable development.

3.3.1: Health & Well Being Collaborations

KAU has established a wide set of Local, National and Global Collaborations with health centers, hospitals, national directorates, universities and other organizations, within the scope of SDG 3, Good Health and Well-Being, for the sake of improving Health outcomes on the local, national and international communities.

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3.3.2: Outreach Programmes and Projects

KAU, and as part of its social responsibility, continuously conduct Outreach Programs & Projects in the Local Community to improve or promote Health & Well-Being.

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3.3.3: Sharing Sports Facilities

KAU is committed to avail and share its various sports complexes and venues to serve its faculty, staff and students as well its surrounding community for the sake of a better Health and well-Being.

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3.3.4: Access to Sexual & Reproductive Health-Care Services and Information

KAU is committed to avail access for its students, to sexual and reproductive health care services and information, as part of KAU's responsibility towards its students and local community, where it has multiple medical centers that provide free medical services and information to its students while it could be free or charged (depending on the case) for the local community (non-students).

3.3.5: Access to Free Mental Health Support

KAU is committed to avail, to its students and faculty, access to free mental health services and care, as part of its responsibility towards its students and staff, where it has multiple medical centers that provide free mental health services and care.

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3.3.6: Smoke-Free University

King Abdulaziz University reaffirms its full commitment to maintaining a completely smoke-free campus environment, in order to promote the health and well-being of all its members and visitors. Since 2004, the University has implemented a clear and strict no-smoking policy across all its facilities, ensuring a healthy and safe educational and working environment.

Smoke-Free University

KAU's Smoke-Free Policy

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