Qatar supports WHO with $4 million contribution

Geneva: Minister of Public Health and Chair of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO), HE Dr. Hanan Mohammed Al Kuwari, announced...

Geneva: Minister of Public Health and Chair of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO), HE Dr. Hanan Mohammed Al Kuwari, announced that the State of Qatar will continue to support the work of WHO in 2024 with a voluntary contribution of USD 4 million.

This announcement was made during Qatar's participation in WHO's high-level celebration of its first Investment Round titled "All for Health, Health for All," where HE Dr. Hanan Mohammed Al Kuwari represented the State of Qatar.

In her speech at the event, HE Dr. Al Kuwari highlighted that Qatar ranked seventh among member states in contributing to WHO's program budget for 2020-2021, with a USD 10 million contribution in 2021.

She emphasized that WHO is a key partner for Qatar, as both parties have collaborated on various global, regional, and national health priorities, including health security, the eradication of polio and neglected tropical diseases, advocating for universal health coverage, and responding to humanitarian crises.

Her Excellency reaffirmed Qatar's unwavering commitment to the shared mission of ensuring health for all. She noted that the world today faces increasingly complex and interconnected crises, such as climate change, forced displacement, global health inequalities, economic instability, disease outbreaks, and the threat of future pandemics.