Qatar to participate in World Health Assembly and Executive Board Meetings​​

Doha, Qatar: ​The State of Qatar is participating in the 77th World Health Assembly, which will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, from May 27 to June 1,...

Doha, Qatar: ​The State of Qatar is participating in the 77th World Health Assembly, which will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, from May 27 to June 1, along with its accompanying meetings and events. Additionally, Qatar will attend the 155th session of the WHO Executive Board on June 3 and 4.

​The State of Qatar's delegation to the assembly is headed by Her Excellency Dr Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari, Minister of Public Health and Chair of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization.

This year's World Health Assembly is held under the theme "All for Health, Health for All”. The Health Assembly will review several important topics, most notably health conditions within the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem and the occupied Syrian Golan, as well as the Executive Board's report on its 153rd and 154th sessions.

The meetings will also discuss several important topics under the WHO's four pillars. The target of the pillars are “One billion more people benefiting 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”.

Under the first pillar of the WHO, the Assembly will review several topics considered by the organization’s Executive Board, such as universal health coverage (UHC), the “Draft global action plan for infection prevention and control”, the “Immunization Agenda 2030” (IA2030), “The End TB Strategy,” “Road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030,” “Acceleration towards the Sustainable Development Goal targets for maternal health and child mortality,” antimicrobial resistance, and “The global health sector strategies on, respectively, HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections”. The meetings will also discuss “Global technical strategy and targets for malaria 2016–2030”.