Minister of Public Health elected as Vice-President of World Health Assembly

Dr Hanan Mohamed al-Kuwari

The World Health Assembly today elected HE Minister of Public Health Dr. Hanan Mohammed Al Kuwari as Vice-President of the 74th session of the World Health Assembly. The World Health Assembly is the supreme decision-making body of WHO. It meets once a year and is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States. The main functions of the World Health Assembly are to determine the policies of the Organization, appoint the Director-General and supervise the financial policies of the Organization. HE Dr. Hanan Mohammed Al Kuwari also leads the delegation of the State of Qatar participating in the meetings of the assembly, which kick off Monday 24 May until June 1st, and the meetings of the 149th Session of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization convened on June 2nd via video conferencing. Her Excellency Dr. Hanan Mohammed Al Kuwari, Minister of Public Health, heads the Qatari delegation. The World Health Assembly's meeting will review this year's general theme on ‘Ending this pandemic, preventing the next: building together a healthier, safer and fairer world’ as well as a number of topics related to the four pillars: One billion more people benefitting from universal health coverage, one billion more people better protected from health emergencies, one billion more people enjoying better health and well-being and more effective and efficient WHO providing better support to countries.