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Minister of Public Health HE Dr Hanan Mohammed al Kuwari and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Ooredoo Sheikh Abdulla bin Mohammed bin Saud al Thani signed an agreement recently for creating an electronic system which will ensure registration of vaccination of both children and adults and help control communicable diseases in the State of Qatar.
Through the electronic system, all health facilities in the State will be connected with the Ministry of Public Health, with the system allowing for the reporting of cases of communicable diseases and the registration of vaccinations, taking into account the full confidentiality of patients.
Implementation of the system will be in two phases. The first will link the electronic system with existing certified electronic medical records in all government health facilities, while the second will connect other private and quasi-governmental health centres to the system. The aim of such connection is both to monitor and control the spread of communicable diseases and to ensure registration of vaccinations.
Dr Kuwari explained the electronic system will help strengthen the capability of the Ministry of Public Health to effectively monitor, manage and respond to health challenges, providing daily and weekly data on high-priority diseases in order to be able to take necessary preventative measures in a timely manner to maintain the health of the population. The system will also allow the identification of vaccination patterns, consumption rates and vaccine stocks in the country.
She stressed that the strengthening of health protection in Qatar is a key priority identified in the National Health Strategy, to ensure the provision of healthy living and working conditions for citizens and residents and prevent communicable diseases and epidemics. The electronic system will contribute to both aspects of healthcare in Qatar, as well as working towards the national strategic goal of developing and implementing real-time systems to ensure compliance with international health regulations for monitoring and responding to medical issues. This includes support for the preparation for mass events in Qatar such as the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Sheikh Abdulla bin Mohammed bin Saud al Thani said, “We are delighted to collaborate with the Ministry of Public Health through this partnership agreement, in which we will provide the Department of Health Protection and Communicable Diseases with innovative and sophisticated solutions that will enable the collection, analysis and interpretation of data on communicable diseases. This data will be used in the planning, implementation and evaluation of public health policies and practices in Qatar, in particular with regard to the prevention and eradication of such diseases. We hope that through this co-operation we will help achieve the national strategic goals for health, as part of Qatar National Vision 2030.”
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24/03/2019
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