Sheikh Dr. Mohammed Bin Hamad Al-Thani
Director of Public Health Department, Ministry of Public Health, Qatar
Associate Professor of Clinical Healthcare Policy and Research at Weill
Cornell Medical College and Qatar University
Qualifications:
- Dr. Mohammed Bin Hamad Al-Thani graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University in 1998
- He completed his fellowship in Arab Board Program in Community Medicine in 2006
- He gained the Fellowship from the Faculty of Public Health in London in 2010
- He obtained a Master in Business Administration in 2014 from HEC Paris - France (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Paris) which is a European Business School
Dr. Mohamed Bin Hamad Al-Thani is Director of Public Health Department at the Ministry of Public Health since 2008. He is an Associate Professor of Clinical Healthcare Policy and Research at Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar.
Dr. Al-Thani has placed a high priority in the development, and now implementation, of the first Public Health Strategy 2017-2022 in Qatar. He regularly conducts clinical research studies that investigate the most ethical and safest ways to develop an integrated approach to health prevention and promotion, and has more than 30 scientific publications.
Dr. Al-Thani has led a number of national committees including the National Preventive Health Committee, which aimed to address the many facets of transitioning from a curative to a preventive health focus and to ensure a robust preventive health governance system is in place. He is the Chair of the Public Health Implementation Group, Co-Chair of the National Cancer Committee, Deputy Chair for the Enhanced Health Protection Taskforce, member of the Public Health Committee and member of the GCC Health Council.
Presentation Title
Enhancing Health Statistics in the State of Qatar: Current status a and future prospect
Abstract
The MOPH is in the stage of enhancing its use of data to improve the health system of Qatar and the health and wellbeing of the population. Initiatives such as the eHealth, National Health Strategy
2018-22 and the new created Qatar Health Observatory help in establishing linkages across the system to ensure there is a flow of information. This information, which can be from routine data collections, ad-hoc surveys and data collected internationally, will assist with policy development, measurement of health system performance and current state assessment of the health of the population. It is also important to establish and maintain linkages to other non-health sectors with a health-in-all-policies approach, as health crosses over many to other aspects of life such as development and planning, housing, finance and sports.
