Health Ambassadors Campaign to Be Held in Tabriz Under the 'Clean Sport' Slogan

Tabriz – Head of the Tabriz County Sports and Youth Office said: To coincide with the start of Physical Education and Sport Week, the Health Ambassadors campaign under the slogan 'Clean Sport' will be held in Tabriz.

Tabriz - Head of Sports and Youth Department of Tabriz city said: At the same time as the beginning of the week of physical education and sports, the campaign of health ambassadors with the slogan of clean sports will be held in Tabriz.

According to Mehr reporter, the Health Ambassadors campaign (Strategic plan to visit sports venues with the slogan of clean sports) on the occasion of the beginning of the week of physical education and sports, headed by Jaber Asadi, head of the Sports and Youth Department, and with the presence of Nouruddin Al-Feda, deputy director of the department, Nabavi, the representative of the governor, Yunus Qavam, the head of the sports medicine board, Farhadi, the representative of the police, representatives of the equestrian, water sports, bodybuilding, football and taekwondo sports teams today, Tuesday, the 21st of Mehr, in the meeting hall of the Sports and Youth Department. It was held in Tabriz city.

Referring to the number of licensed sports venues in Tabriz city, Jaber Asadi added: Considering the activity of 878 sports venues in Tabriz city, the need to inspect, monitor and control these places is of great importance, therefore, for the first time in the country, the campaign of health ambassadors in the form of inspection of sports venues will be carried out at the same time as the beginning of the week of physical education and sports.

The head of the Sports and Youth Department of Tabriz city said: According to the plans, we intend to hold this campaign for the second day of the physical training week with 50 teams and with the presence of inspectors of sports facilities, representatives of the Sports and Youth Department, sports police, representatives of food and medicine in Tabriz city.

Esadi stated that one of the objectives of this campaign is to improve the quality of service provided by clubs to athletes, increase the statistics of sports insurance and organized sports teams, as well as to investigate and increase the number of sports per capita in the city.

He went on to state that all the activities of the sports venues will necessarily be carried out by obtaining sports insurance for each and every athlete present in the venues, and he admitted: We are trying to form an information and statistical network between the Sports and Youth Department and the sports teams in order to benefit from this information in sports planning.

Pointing to the fact that a healthy mind is in a healthy body, Yunus Qavam Laleh added: By holding this campaign, we are looking for clean sports, and in this way, together with the Department of Sports and Youth, as well as sports teams, we want to maintain the social health of sports venues, so that the athletes, most of whom are young, do not face the problems of illness and even death.

The head of the sports medicine board of East Azarbaijan emphasized: The sale of any kind of medicine, protein and sports supplements is not allowed in any of the sports clubs, and we will deal with this issue, and legal action will be taken even if the rules are not followed by the founders of the clubs.

Referring to the importance and benefits of sports insurance, Qavam Laleh said: Athletes of various disciplines can receive the cost of treatment for injuries caused during sports by paying 210 thousand tomans for one year from 80% to 90 million tomans.