Assistant Minister for Health Affairs, Dr. Saleh Ali Al Marri (second left); QOC Secretary General, Jassim bin Rashid Al Buenain (fourth right); and other officials during the MoU signing.
Doha: The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Public Health, to promote physical activity and healthier lifestyle among the public.
QOC Secretary General, Jassim bin Rashid Al Buenain signed the MoU on behalf of the QOC while Dr. Saleh Ali Al Marri, Assistant Minister for Health Affairs inked the MoU on behalf of the Ministry.
This MoU states that both organisations will combine effort to enhance health and sport, improve physical activity, exercise and taking public health to better levels.
In a post- signing statement, Al Buenain said human development is one of most significant pillars of Qatar National Vision 2030, and QOC spares no effort to keep increasing the physical activity rate in society.
“To make this part of our national vision true, the QOC organises several community programmes that target all age groups with different abilities,” he said.
“We are truly grateful to sign this MoU with the Ministry of Public Health to ensure that promoting physical activity is a key for a better public health, which is also an integral part of the QOC 2023-2030 strategy. The QOC is always looking forward to invest and develop human element, that with effort of achieving all-out development and making cognitive legacy sustainable,” he added.
According to Al Marri, the MoU will increase cooperation between the two organisations in some projects that could support community and create a better lifestyle for all.
“Ministry of Public Health is putting all effort to enhance partnership with all sectors nationwide, based on its strategy (health in all policies),” he said. Al Marri also said that several partnerships the ministry has signed in this respect, among them Sports For Health partnership between the Ministry of Public Health, WHO, FIFA and Supreme Committee For Delivery and Legacy.
"This distinctive partnership with the QOC is an outcome of successful effort on how to improve the public health, to create a sustainable legacy and make society individuals more healthier in the future,” he added.
