Qatar has an integrated healthcare system that offers high-quality preventive and curative health services and adheres to international standards. The country’s National Vision 2030 stresses the importance of prioritising health as a key driver for sustainable development.
Besides, Qatar’s National Health Strategy 2018-2022 laid out a solid foundation to address health challenges, particularly tuberculosis. The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) is now working on the third national health strategy with a special emphasis on curbing the disease.
The nation has made significant contribution towards global efforts for a healthier and more equitable future for all. It made an additional pledge during the 7th conference for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria worth $50m.
Qatar participated in the second high-level meeting of the United Nations on the fight against tuberculosis recently. Minister of Public Health and Chairperson of the Executive Board of WHO, H E Dr. Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari, represented Qatar in the meeting. Dr. Al Kuwari underscored Qatar’s firm stance on the collective work to achieve goals determined in the sustainable development plan for 2030, along with the strategy for fight against tuberculosis.
Al Kuwari emphasised investment in research and equitable access to the means of prevention, tests, cure, and care as pivotal in alleviating people’s suffering, reducing fatalities and halting the spread of tuberculosis.
The second high-level meeting reviewed the progress in fight against tuberculosis at the national, regional, and international levels and identified loopholes and solutions to accelerate progress towards ending tuberculosis by 2030.
Qatar believes that the health and well-being of people lies in not only ensuring an easy access to high-quality medical services for all citizens and residents, but also in making sure that they live in an environment conducive to good health.
It is the first country whose all municipalities have earned the title of ‘Healthy City’ from the WHO. Qatar’s approach to health for all has delivered tremendous results. Since 2014, the country has seen a continual fall in infant mortality rates, while the life expectancy of the population has risen.
The country ranks highly in Universal Health Coverage Index, a global indicator assessing how countries provide access to quality health services, promote the well-being of families and communities and protect against public health crises.
The progress made in the health sector in the Qatar received global recognition in 2022 with five hospitals being ranked among the top 250 academic medical centres in the world and two hospitals among the top 100.
