Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari, PhD
Minister of Public Health
Managing Director, Hamad Medical Corporation
(Qatar)
Chair

Her Excellency Dr Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari was appointed Minister of Public Health in January 2016. Under her leadership Qatar's health system successfully managed the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic with Qatar having one of the lowest case fatality rates in the world – all while hosting a successful FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and achieving over 90% of its National Health Strategy 2018-2022 goals and targets.
She has also been Managing Director of Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) since 2007. Under her leadership HMC has transformed into an integrated academic health system that has achieved numerous international accreditations and awards.
Dr Al Kuwari chairs the Hamad Healthcare Quality Institute Advisory Board and co-chairs the Joint Advisory Board of Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she chaired the National COVID-19 Committee in Qatar. Dr Al Kuwari is also a member of the Board of the Qatar Precision Health Institute, Sidra Medicine Board of Governors, Qatar University Board of Regents, and the Qatar Research, Development and Innovation Council. At the international level, Dr Al Kuwari is Chair of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization, and member of the High-Level Ministerial Group on the Control of Tobacco and Emerging Tobacco and Nicotine Products in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, and of the Regional Subcommittee for Polio Eradication and Outbreaks.
Dr Al Kuwari holds a PhD in Healthcare Management from Brunel University London in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 2002. She has published academic papers and received several awards in recognition of her achievements in the health care industry.
In 2018, Dr Al Kuwari was elected as member of the National Academy of Medicine in the United States of America in recognition of her exceptional contributions to the field of health and, in 2022, was awarded the WHO Director-General's Health Champions award in recognition of her outstanding action and advocacy in global health promotion and security.