1. Health promotion & NCD programs in Qatar
Dr AL Anoud Mohammed AL Thani
Manager of Health Promotion & NCD programs
SCH - Qatar

2. Qatar Qatar Map of Qatar Space: 11.521 km2 Population: 1,638,829(2009)
Number of Governmental Hospitals=5
Number of Private Hospitals=4
Number of PHCs=23
Health care services provided mostly free of charge to citizens & residents

3. Burden of NCD in Qatar
The recent results of NCD in Qatar was provided by the WHS in 2006:
The leading causes of death is:
CVDs:20%
RTI:16.2%
Cancer:9.1%

4. Burden of NCD in Qatar Morbidity: 12% adults having diabetes.
10% classified as pre-diabetic.
13% are hypertensive.

5. Burden of risk factors related to NCD
physical activity:
Less than 50% of men do regular physical activity.
Less than 40% of female do regular physical activity.
BMI:
30% of people are Normal Weight.
40% of people are Overweight.
30% are Obese.

6. Risk factors for ncd in Qatar
Smoking :
37% among adult men.
5% among adult women.
2007 GYTS(13-15 years): indicated that 20% of boys reported having smoked in the past 30 days.

7. Challenges in NCD Resources:
Manpower's: Limited qualified staff & working staff.
Money: Limited resources for prevention & more towards clinical.
Materials: e.g guidelines, effective educational materials.
Ineffective intersectoral collaboration between different sectors.
High turn off among policy makers

8. NCD section Supreme Council of Health SCH Public Health Department
Manager of Health Promotion & NCD programs
NCD Section
HIS Section
Birth & Death Certificate Section
Occupational Health Section

9. Sections under manager of health promotion & Ncd programs
NCD Section compose of 5 units:
- Tobacco Unit.
- Diabetes, Nutrition, CVDs & Blindness Unit.
- Cancer & Respiratory Diseases Unit.
- Mental Health & Injuries Unit.
- Oral Health Unit.
HIS section: is responsible for data collection & interpretation.

10. Sections under manager of health promotion & Ncd programs
Birth & Death Certificate: responsible for birth & death certificate, as its one of the good reference for death causes in Qatar.
Occupational Health Section: its taking care of the labor in Qatar, by screening, management, health education & industrial assessment.

11. NCD Section Ongoing programs:
National Tobacco Prevention & Control Program.
National Diabetes Prevention & Control Program.
Chronic Diseases Surveillance System.
National Nutritional Program.
Healthy Steps to Albany.

12. NCD Section Health Promoting Schools. Cancer Registry & Screening.
Vision 2020 Program.
National Oral Health School Program.
National program for prevention & control of RTI.

13. HIS section Ongoing program: Annual Statistical Report.
Analyzing & Interpretation of Research Data.
Starting designing a unified form for establishing the chronic diseases surveillance system.

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