Leaders from the World Health Organization, Qatar’s Ministry of Public Health, FIFA, and Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) convened on 3 February for the second Sport for Health Steering Committee meeting in Geneva.In October 2021, t…

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has launched three simultaneous medical convoys to Sudan. Over two weeks, specialized medical professionals were deployed from Doha to perform operations and medical examinations free of charge for poor pa…

RAMALLAH, Marking World Cancer Day, which coincides today, the Ministry of Health said recorded cases in Palestine in 2021 showed an increase of 5.5 percent compared to 2020.It said 5320 new cancer cases were discovered in 2021, an average of 108.1 cas…

Detection of cVDPV2 in SudanOn 18 December 2022, the Federal Ministry of Health, Sudan notified WHO of the detection of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in a child with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) from West Darfur, Western Sudan…

The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has launched the introductory campaign of the Baby Friendly Hospital initiative from January 29 to February 2nd, 2023, at Sidra MedicineThe campaign aims to raise awareness on the importance of breastfeeding, enable…

The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has announced the start of applying the first phase of the health insurance system in the State of Qatar, in implementation of the provisions of Law No. (22) of 2021 about regulating health care services in the Stat…

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has announced that the implementation of the first phase of the mandatory Health Insurance Scheme in the State of Qatar will begin on 1 February 2023, with all visitors to the State of Qatar required to have a healt…

The Cabinet approved yesterday two draft decisions regarding health insurance card and determining health insurance premium for visitors, during the regular meeting held by the Cabinet at the Amiri Diwan yesterday noon. The Cabinet approved the Ministe…

HE Minister of Public Health Dr. Hanan Mohammed Al Kuwari met Wednesday with HE Minister of Health of the Republic of Armenia Anahit Avanesyan, who is visiting the country.During the meeting, they discussed the relations between the two countries in he…

Caretaker Minister of Public Health, Dr. Firas Abiad, on Monday welcomed in his office at the ministry, Qatari Ambassador to Lebanon, Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Sahlawi, with whom he discussed developments related to the country’s health and hospital sec…

China’s decision to ditch its zero-Covid policy has triggered a surge in flight bookings, according to the latest data from ForwardKeys, a leading provider of flights analytics data and travel intelligence tools. On December 7, Chinese authorities anno…

During the meeting, key stakeholders from the health and medical sector in Qatar were presented with QU Health’s five-year planQU Health, part of Qatar University (QU), recently organized the second meeting of the Joint Clinical Academic Steering Commi…

The coronavirus disease COVID-19 continues to spread at the regional and global levels. As of 31 December 2022, the global cumulative incidence reached 655 539 421 reported cases and 6 683 993 associated deaths at a case-fatality ratio (CFR) of 1.02%. …

The Women’s Wellness and Research Center (WWRC) of Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) announced the launch of a new laboratory for applied research and precision medicine, which seeks to focus on health disorders for mothers and newborns, including preter…

HONG KONG/WASHINGTON — Wang Xiaodong lives in Qatar, where he imports Chinese-made construction material. His home on the Arabian Peninsula is thousands of kilometers away from his family’s village deep in the mountains of China’s southern Yunnan provi…

China objected Tuesday to new COVID-19 testing requirements for Chinese travelers that has been put in place by a number of countries, saying the measures “lack scientific basis.”Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told reporters at a briefi…

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has concluded its eye surgery and anti-blindness medical convoy, carried out at De Martino Public Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia.With a total cost of $85,535 (QR 311,776), the project was coordinated with …

France, Spain and England will implement tougher COVID-19 measures for passengers arriving from China, authorities said.France’s government is requiring negative tests, and is urging French citizens to avoid nonessential travel to China. France is also…

Environment minister Yasmin Fouad said on Friday the number of industrial facilities, which are connected to the National Network for Monitoring Industrial Emissions, reached 91 in 2022 compared to 85 in 2021.Reviewing a report on the Environment Minis…

Twenty-one-year-old Zamzama Ghazal was at her sister’s graduation ceremony when she heard about the Taliban’s ban on women’s university education.“It was a painful sight,” said Ghazal, a fourth-year medical student at Shifa University in Kabul. “Instea…

The coronavirus disease COVID-19 continues to spread at the regional and global levels. As of 17 December 2022, the global cumulative incidence reached 648 889 162 reported cases and 6 660 713 associated deaths at a case-fatality ratio (CFR) of 1.03%. …

Kuala Lumpur, The death toll after a landslide at a campsite in Malaysia has risen to 31, the last missing person was recovered on Saturday, the state news agency Bernama reported.The campsite in Batang Kali, about 50 kilometres north of the capital Ku…

Doha, Qatar: As part of backing the Lebanese health sector in the teeth of economic challenges, two batches of vital medicines have recently been delivered to Lebanon’s Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Ministry Public Health (MOPH), at a cost of QR 3,650…

The coronavirus disease COVID-19 continues to spread at the regional and global levels. As of 3 December 2022, the global cumulative incidence reached 641 469 076 reported cases and 6 636 830 associated deaths at a case-fatality ratio (CFR) of 1.03%. M…

In this edition of the COVID-19 Monthly Operational Update, highlights of country-level actions and WHO support to countries include:COVID-19: Increasing vaccination coverage in Haiti through community outreach, despite serious challengesWHO and USAID …