ABOUT THE ORGANIZER
ABOUT PHCC
Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) is an innovative, people-centered organization, employing over 4,000 clinicians, all responsible for the delivery of high quality, accessible and affordable comprehensive health care services to our population of citizens, residents and visitors to Qatar.
ADVANCING PRIMARY HEALTHCARE IN QATAR
PHCC is leading the transformation of the health and wellbeing of the people in Qatar, by shifting the balance of care from curative, hospital-based treatment to enhanced preventive, health, and wellness services in the community.
VISION
To be the leader in transforming the health and wellbeing of people's lives in Qatar. To enable this, we will strengthen our engagement with key partners across the health system to shift the balance of care from curative, hospital-based treatment to enhanced preventive, health and wellness services in the community.
MISSION
To deliver comprehensive, integrated and coordinated person-centered health care services in the community by focusing on disease prevention, healthy lifestyles and wellness. In partnership with our stakeholders, we will improve the health and wellbeing of our population.
VALUES
- Efficiency and Quality
- Leadership and Collaboration
- Inclusion and Diversity
- Teamwork and Respect
- Empowerment
ABOUT HEALTH SECTOR IN QATAR
The health sector in Qatar has made great strides to provide service to meet and, in many areas, to exceed international best practice standards by providing high quality services, the most advanced medical equipment and highly qualified, competent health professionals. The health services extended to cover the entire country with hospitals and health centers.
The Ministry of Public Health is the highest authority of health care affairs in the country and with the same is regulatory authority for the health sector. Across the whole country there are many health care providers recognized as public and private. Public Health Care is majority, named Primary Health Care Corporation and Hamad Medical Corporation that is providing secondary health services. Every resident of State of Qatar should apply for the health Card that will allow you to use medical services within the country. For more information how to apply for the card, please contact "107" PHCC hotline services for more information.
Qatar National Vision 2030 (QNV) was launched by the government in 2008. It is the Country’s long term development national strategy which defines goals and provides a framework for the implementation plans. The QNV reflects the aspirations of the Qatari people and the resolve of their political leadership. It is found upon the guiding principles of Qatar’s Permanent Constitution, which pronounces that “the State shall foster public health; provide means of prevention form diseases and epidemics, and their cure in accordance with the law” The QNV “aspires to develop an integrated system for health care, managed according to world-class standards. This system will meet the needs of existing and future generations. It will provide for an increasingly healthy and lengthy life for all citizens.
