Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari is a Qatari healthcare management professional. In 2015 she appeared at #20 in the ''CEO Middle East'' list of the 100 most powerful Arab women. She had served as Qatar Minister of Public Health from January 2016 until November 2024 and serves on multiple medical boards in

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Early life, education and career

She studied at

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in the

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, earning her PhD in healthcare management in 2002. Al Kuwari has worked for the

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and as a freelance health reporter. She entered the field of healthcare management in 1996 by joining the Women's Hospital of Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC). Since 2007, she has maintained her position as a Managing Director of HMC.

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ranked Al Kuwari 2nd among Middle East's "Top 50 Healthcare Leaders 2022" and 8th among the "100 most powerful businesswomen in the Arab world" 2023.

Current positions

Al Kuwari currently holds the following positions: * Chairperson of the Academic Health System International Advisory Board * Chairperson of the Hamad Healthcare Quality Institute International Advisory Board *Co-chairperson of the Joint Advisory Board of

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- Qatar *Member of the Board of Regents *Governor on the Board of Governors for Sidra Medicine *Vice Chair for the Board of the Qatar Precision Medicine Institute *Member of Board of Directors of Qatar Foundation for Social Work *Member of Qatar Foundation’s Qatar Research, Development and Innovation Council As the Minister of Qatar's Public health, Al Kuwari was responsible for the functions of the Ministry of Health. This included overseeing all programs in the public and private sectors. She worked to ensure the efficiency of the service providers and public health service programs, and the growth of Qatar's National Health and Public Health Strategies. Recently, the Joint Committee Meeting on 'Health in All Policies' was participated in by eleven ministries and government entities. Al Kuwari presided over the meeting, which was held at the Ministry of Public Health headquarters. During this meeting, she encouraged joint participation in order to further the objectives laid out b
Qatar's Second National Development Strategy 2018-2022
In October 2018 she was elected as an international member of the

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(NAM) of the United States.

References

External links

HMC celebrates 40 years of sustaining health of Qatar’s population

Working as one , Health & Education , Interview

Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar - H.E. Dr. Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari

Gulf Times - Project to adopt 'healthy city' in Qatar by 2022 discussed

Qatar Second National Development Strategy 2018~2022 (pdf)

Minister of Public Health - Her Excellency Dr. Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari, Minister of Public Health, Officially Inducted into the National Academy of Medicine
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