The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has announced the training of 180 nurses working in public schools participating in the asthma-friendly school program through a workshop focusing on the mechanisms of implementing the program for the current academic year.

The one-week training workshop, which begins today, features many topics related to the treatment of cases of asthma among students by experts from the Ministry of Health, Hamad Medical Corporation"...

Qatar Cancer Society (QCS) has launched a campaign, ‘I’m a hero’, with the aim of raising awareness on childhood cancer.
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month is observed in September, and cancers are the major cause of death among children around the world, QCS has said in a statement.
Mariam al-Noaimi, general manager of QCS, said: “This campaign aims to emphasise the importance of early detection, and the need to raise awareness, of childhood cancer in a simplified and interactive way for"...

Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), in collaboration with World Health Organisation (WHO), organised a workshop and simulation exercise on influenza. The objective was to review and update the national pandemic influenza plan, assess roles and responsibilities, understand national preparedness needs and ensure the participation of all health sectors in the plan according to best practices and WHO guidelines.

The workshop was attended by 60 stakeholders"...

Qatar’s Ambassador to Palestine has visited the field hospitals established in the Gaza Strip by the Jordanian and Moroccan authorities, Alarab.qa reported on Tuesday.

Mohammed Al-Emadi met with officials and staff of the Jordanian military field hospital in Gaza before touring the facilities. During his visit, he hailed Jordan’s efforts to help the Palestinians in the besieged coastal territory. The ambassador also praised King Abdullah"...

The National Defence and Crisis Management Centre of the Qatar Armed Forces has concluded a two-day workshop on crises and disasters.
The workshop was presented by Dr Mohammed Khalifa Mubarak al-Kuwari, assistant professor at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and head of the Department of Human Sciences, Qatar University, and Saif Saeed al-Nuaimi, director of health, safety and environment of Qatar Petroleum, in the presence of Brig General Abdullah Eid al-Berdini, commander of the National Defence and Crisis Management"...

Pharmacies across Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) follow high standards of medicine safety and dispense approximately three million prescriptions annually, said officials yesterday.

At present, 26 health centers function under PHCC across the country. It includes six new health centers with pharmacies implementing several initiatives to enhance the services, said Dr Durriya Mubarak Al Qahtani, Director, Integrated Care and Continuity Care"...

Sergey Burlakov, a Paralympic athlete and four-time amputee, visited nanoM on September 16th. nanoM is a sports and human performance facility that is the first of its kind in the world, and Burlakov visited to undergo a series of tests.

Karan Rekhi, Vice President - Operations of Emirates Healthcare, said, “An inspirational hero like Sergey proves that you can do anything you set your mind to. He passed our tests at nanoM with flying colors;"...

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) intends to develop the skills of health workers providing immunisation services in a number of private health facilities that have been granted new licenses to provide vaccination services to the public.

In this context, the National Immunization Program at the ministry is organizing a training course on vaccine management for health service providers in hospitals and private clinics. The course will include"...

Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI), a research institute under Hamad Bin Khalifa University, has launched an Interdisciplinary Research Grant Programme (IDGP).
The research initiative takes into account the complexity of the human body and various diseases and find more holistic biomedical solutions.
“The programme extends grants worth QR4mn per year for a period of three years which can be extended up to five years. The proposals for IDGP are screened by a team of local, regional and international"...