Qatar’s Minister of Public Health, Hanan Mohammed Kuwari, and WHO’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Wednesday inaugurated a new WHO country office in Qatar.
The newly established office will strengthen cooperation between Qatar and WHO, support the achievement of Qatar’s national health goals and contribute to regional and global public health work.
The establishment of the new office will strengthen WHO’s work with health authorities in Qatar and other partners such as UN agencies, humanitarian and development partners, non-governmental organisations, WHO collaborating centres and the private sector.
Kuwari emphasised that the inauguration of the WHO Country Office in Qatar will contribute to strengthening and supporting the strong partnership between Qatar and WHO, which aims primarily to improve the health and well-being of the population.
She noted the joint projects between Qatar and the organization, most notably the cooperation in supporting aspects of health and safety during the FIFA Qatar World Cup 2022 to represent the tournament as a beacon for promoting physical and psychological health and a model to ensure the establishment of major health and safe sporting events in the future.
Kuwari lauded the WHO’s role in responding to the world’s unprecedented health challenges and the strategic and technical support that the WHO provides to countries all over the world, as well as promoting international cooperation “for a healthier world.”
In turn, Ghebreyesus said, “As a major humanitarian donor, Qatar has generously supported WHO’s work, particularly in emergency response. At the same time, Qatar has achieved many health gains at home.
“Therefore, I am delighted to take part in the opening of the new WHO country office in Qatar, which will help further strengthen our close collaboration. The WHO country office will provide strategic, policy and technical support to assist Qatar in advancing health and well-being at national, regional and international levels.”
SOURCE: JORDAN NEWS AGENCY