The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) in collaboration with the World Health Organisation, Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (WHO-EMRO) is organising the first training programme in occupational and environmental health for the second batch of general practitioners and other specialties. The workshop, which will be held from next Sunday at Millennium Hotel Doha, aims to train the physicians on the basic services for occupational and environmental health. The five-day workshop will be opened by the director of Public Health Department at MoPH, Sheikh Dr Mohmmed bin Hamad al-Thani. Experts from WHO-EMRO will undertake the training of the physicians from Hamad Medical Corporation, Primary Health Care Corporation, Workers Health Centres and a number of physicians working in various companies.
The workshop comes within the framework of MoPH’s keenness on providing the best occupational and environmental healthcare services for the workers.


Qatar takes part in administrative body meet
Qatar took part in the meeting of the Arab Administrative Development Organisation’s executive council in its 104th session, which concluded yesterday in the Egyptian capital Cairo.
HE the Minister of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs Dr Issa bin Saad Al Jafali al-Nuaimi, led Qatar’s delegation to the meeting.
The council discussed a number of issues on the agenda of the meeting, including following up on previous decisions, endorsing the organisation’s budget for 2017-18, reviewing and developing its structural organisation, and approving Qatar’s proposal to prepare a database for Arab experts and trainers.

QRCS marks World Food Day
QNA/Doha
Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has celebrated World Food Day 2016, observed globally under this year’s theme of “Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too”.
QRCS’s Health Education Unit held a training event at Al-Rashad Model School for Boys, Al-Duhail.
The event was attended by 350 students, teachers, and administrative staff of the school.
Its purpose was to promote QRCS’s role in building partnerships with public and private institutions, notably outstanding schools.
The Al-Rashad School was selected to host the celebration for its efforts to improve health conditions.
The school is a contributor to QRCS’s health education programme, which seeks health development towards the goals of Qatar National Vision 2030.
During the morning assembly, the students and staff were introduced to World Food Day, its importance for hunger control and food security, how society members can take part in the global endeavour to eradicate hunger by wise consumption practices and donations for hunger-afflicted communities, good eating habits, and healthy food.

Al-Kuwari meets Italian finance minister
HE Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz al-Kuwari, Adviser at the Emiri Diwan and the State of Qatar’s candidate to the post of the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), met Italian Minister of Economy and Finance Pier Carlo Padoan here yesterday.
During the meeting, HE al-Kuwari detailed his programme with a focus on the financial crisis facing Unesco and how to deal with it.
The meeting also touched on the depth of relations between Qatar and Italy.


OIC condemns kidnapping of Qatari citizens
The 43rd session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC), which concluded its meetings in Tashkent yesterday, adopted a resolution regarding Qatari citizens kidnapped in Iraq.
The council renewed its condemnation of the kidnapping, saying the Qatari citizens entered Iraq through legitimate means. The council described the kidnapping as a terrorist attack that contradicts with all Islamic teachings. They called on the Iraqi government to assume its responsibility.
The council expressed its solidarity with the Qatari government in any measure it takes in that regard.
The council also expressed its hope that the contacts made between the Iraqi government lead to the release of the citizens.
They requested that the OIC secretary-general follow up on the implementation of their resolution regarding the kidnapped Qatari citizens.
Qatar’s delegation to the meeting was chaired by HE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad al-Muraikhi.

OIC FMs praise Emir’s role in Darfur peace
QNA/Tashkent
The Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC) member-states has commended the positive role of the State of Qatar under the leadership of HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in support of the peace process and development in Darfur which enables everyone  in Darfur to enjoy security and stability.
At its forty-third session in Tashkent, the Council welcomed the mediation efforts undertaken by HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani to resolve the dispute between Eritrea and Djibouti, including his efforts that led to the release of four Djiboutian prisoners in Eritrea.
In its resolution on “solidarity with the Republic of Sudan,” the Council thanked and appreciated HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al-Mahmoud, and African Union-United Nations Joint Mediator for Darfur for their credible efforts to bring peace to Darfur.
The Council commended the steps taken to implement the Darfur Peace Agreement signed in Doha, and called on the general secretariat of the member-states to follow up the implementation of the outcome of the international donors’ conference for reconstruction and peace in Darfur.
On the situation in Somalia, the Council of Foreign Ministers appreciated the countries, including Qatar, that have contributed to transport and treat the wounded in Somalia.