HMC’s Tobacco Control Center honoured by WHO

HMC’s Tobacco Control Center honoured by WHO

Hamad Medical Corporation’s Tobacco Control Center, has been honoured by the World Health Organization (WHO) for its work in helping people to quit smoking and spreading awareness about the dangers of tobacco. Every year, WHO recognizes individuals or organizations in each of the six WHO Regions for their accomplishments in the area of tobacco control. This recognition takes the form of WHO Director-General Special Recognition Award and World No Tobacco Day Awards. The HMC Tobacco Control Center, a WHO Collaborating Center, has was one of the awardee organizations from the Eastern Mediterranean Region. In 2017, HMC’s Tobacco Control Centre was designated as a WHO Collaborating Center, the first in Qatar and the region. WHO Collaborating Centre, which also includes research institutes and parts of universities and academies, is designated to carry out activities in support of the WHO’s mandated international health agenda. Dr. Ahmad Al Mulla, Head of the HMC's Tobacco Control Center, received the Recognition Award presented to the Center in the presence of: Dr. Abdulla Al Ansari, Chief Medical Officer at HMC, Mr. Ali Abdulla Al Khater, Chief Communication Officer at HMC, Dr. Abdul Badi Abou Samra, Chairman of Internal Medicine at HMC, and Dr. Ahmed Al Mohammed, Chairman of HMC's Intensive Care Units and Medical Director of Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital.