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Qatari citizens are covered by a national health insurance scheme, while expatriates must either receive health insurance from their employers, or in the case of the self-employed, purchase insurance. [1] Qatar's healthcare spending is among the highest in the Middle East, with $4.7 billion being invested in healthcare in 2014. [2]
Establishment of a scientific committee to look into the water fluoridation policy in Qatar. Organizing the mechanism of updating the nutritional label components of bottled water to indicate the percentage of fluoride. Launching the Qatar National Dementia Plan, as the plan was prepared to meet the global directives of the World Health ...
In 1980, Qatar was the fourth most obese nation in the world. A recent report conducted in 2013 concluded that Qatar ranks fifth globally in terms of obesity rates. The same report revealed that 22.1% of girls under 20 and 33.5% of boys under 20 are classified as obese. [7] 36.5% of boys and 23.6% of girls age 12–17 were overweight in 2003.
[1] [2] The NHCX aims to standardize and simplify the exchange of health claims, making it easier for insurance companies, government schemes, and healthcare providers like hospitals and labs to share data, documents, and images. This system will also make claims processing more transparent and efficient, lowering operational costs.
Qatar Foundation, a quasi-government organization, allotted a massive $7.9 billion budget for the hospital's construction. It first selected the center's contractors in 2008 but in 2014 assigned new contractors to complete the project. [4] Biomedical research first began at Sidra in 2015.
Street view of the centre. The Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) is located in the Gharrafat Al Rayyan district, on the Dukhan Highway in Al Rayyan, Qatar.The convention centre is a member of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development and is situated on Qatar Foundation’s 2,500-acre campus alongside the Sidra Medical and Research Center, Qatar Science ...
Qatar's constitution, approved in April 2003 by popular referendum, has created a legislative body to be two thirds elected by universal suffrage, and one third appointed by the Emir. According to the constitution, the legislature will have three powers: to approve (but not prepare) the national budget; to monitor the performance of ministers ...
Qatar National Broadband Network (Qnbn) is a shareholding company owned by the Government of Qatar. It was set up in 2011 by the Supreme Council of Information & Communication Technology ( ictQATAR ) as one of the region’s first government initiatives giving full support for Qatar’s fiber optic network rollout.