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.[1] She was appointed as Qatar Minister of Public Health in January 2016 and serves on multiple medical boards in Qatar and the United States.[2]
Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Public Health | |
| Assumed office January 2016 | |
| Monarch | Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz Al Thani Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani |
| Preceded by | Abdullah bin Khalid Al Qahtani |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | Brunel University (PhD) |
Early life, education and career
editShe studied at Brunel University in the United Kingdom, earning her PhD in healthcare management in 2002.[2]
Al Kuwari has worked for the WHO, Reuters and as a freelance health reporter.[3] She entered the field of healthcare management in 1996 by joining the Women's Hospital of Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC).[4]
Since 2007, she has maintained her position as a Managing Director of HMC.[2]
Forbes ranked Al Kuwari 2nd among Middle East's "Top 50 Healthcare Leaders 2022"[5] and 8th among the "100 most powerful businesswomen in the Arab world" 2023.[6]
Current positions
editAl Kuwari currently holds the following positions:
- Chairperson of the Academic Health System International Advisory Board[7]
- Chairperson of the Hamad Healthcare Quality Institute International Advisory Board[7]
- Co-chairperson of the Joint Advisory Board of Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar[8]
- Member of the Board of Regents[9]
- Governor on the Board of Governors for Sidra Medicine[10]
- Vice Chair for the Board of the Qatar Precision Medicine Institute[11]
- Member of Board of Directors of Qatar Foundation for Social Work[12]
- Member of Qatar Foundation’s Qatar Research, Development and Innovation Council[2]
As the Minister of Qatar's Public health, Al Kuwari is responsible for the functions of the Ministry of Health. This includes overseeing all programs in the public and private sectors. She works 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.[13] 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.[14] During this meeting, she encouraged joint participation in order to further the objectives laid out by Qatar's Second National Development Strategy 2018-2022.
In October 2018 she was elected as an international member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) of the United States.[2][15]
References
edit- ^ Hanan Al Kuwari, Arabian Business, March 1, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Her Excellency Dr. Hanan Mohammed Al Kuwari | Sidra Medicine". www.sidra.org. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
- ^ "H.E. Dr. Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari, Minister of Public Health". Government Communications Office. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Full bill of health". The Business Year. Archived from the original on 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
- ^ "Top 50 Healthcare Leaders 2022". Forbes. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ "100 Most Powerful Businesswomen 2023". Forbes. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ a b "H.E. Dr. Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari | Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar". qatar-weill.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ^ "Joint Advisory Board | Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar". qatar-weill.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ^ "Board of Regents | Qatar University". www.qu.edu.qa. Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ^ "Board of Governors | Sidra Medicine". www.sidra.org. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ^ "H.E. Dr. Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari, Ph.D." Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "FROM EACH HER OWN". The Business Year. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ "Minister of Public Health". Government Communications Office. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ^ "Minister chairs joint committee meeting on health policies". Gulf-Times (in Arabic). 2020-02-22. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ^ "WORKING AS ONE". The Business Year. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
External links
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- HMC celebrates 40 years of sustaining health of Qatar’s population
- Working as one | Health & Education | Interview Archived 2020-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- 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