The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recognized the city of Medina inthe Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, among the world’s healthiest cities, on Monday.

The city is believed to be the first city with a population of more than 2million to be recognised under the organization’s healthy cities program.

The city’s integrated program, according to the publication, included astrategic partnership with Taibah University to record governmentrequirements on an electronic platform for the organisation’s review.

It gained the accreditation after a visiting WHO team said that it complieswith the global standards required to be included in the list of theworld’s healthiest cities.

Meeting goals set by the Madinah Region Strategy Project and the launch ofa “Humanising Cities” program were included in the criteria of theaccreditation.

Moreover, a total of 22 government, community, charity, and volunteeragencies helped prepare for the WHO accreditation, read the publication.