Primary Health Care Corporation, through its Department of Service Development and Health Promotion, and in collaboration with 37 specialists from different organisations and institutions of Qatar, held a workshop to discuss and establish the basic points of Women and Child Health National Project.
Dr Amal Essa Al Muraikhi, who leads the initiative at PHCC’s Service Development and Health Promotion Department, highlighted that ‘the workshop will be the preliminary step towards setting up the foundation of the project with an appropriate representation of stakeholders that will be reflected in the National Committee for Women and Child Health.’
“The participants are experts, advocates and facilitators of Women and Child Health who represent different organizations such as Hamad Medical Corporation, Supreme Council for Health, Women’s Hospital, Al Khor Hospital, Sidra, Weill Cornell Medical College, Al Ahli Hospital, Qatar Petroleum, Qatar Foundation or University of Calgary,” she added.
The workshop on National Women and Child Health Initiatives aimed to achieve common objectives from the different program stakeholders discussing the key issues facing the National Women and Child Health Strategy Project. The three main areas of the project are: Women Health, Child Health and Baby Friendly Initiative.
Participants addressed the issues, gaps and challenges that are currently encountered and are projected to happen, that have direct or indirect effect on the program implementation. They gathered the recommending action for each issue mentioned.
The Key Programme output from pool of experts on Women and Child Health Program is very important information for the formulation and developing a strategy to be a part of the National Health Strategy project.
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