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Medhealth Sharm Sheikh 2008 hosts 7 Arab Ministers of Health.
“Medhealth Sharm Sheikh 2007” took place on
March 5-6, 2008 at the Sheraton Sharm, Hotel, Resorts &
Villas – Sharm Sheikh – Egypt under the patronage
of HE Mr. Amro Moussa General Secretary of the League of
Arab States and in collaboration with official supporters:
the Arab Ministries of Health, League of Arab States, Executive
Board of the Health Ministers Council, Executive Board of
the Health Ministers’ Council for Cooperation Council
States, World Health Organization and Arab League for Quality
Healthcare Services and sponsored by Saudi German Hospitals
Group as Pearl Sponsor and Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital as
Silver Sponsor.
The
Opening Ceremony gathered 7 Ministers of Health: Dr. Mohamed
Khalifeh the Lebanese Minister, Dr. Hamad Ben Abdallah Al
Manaa the Saudi Minister, Dr. Faisal Ben Yaacoub Al Hamar
the Bahraini Minister, Dr. Tabita Shukay the Sudanese Minister,
Mr. Abdallah Abdelrahman Al Tawil the Kuwaiti Minister,
Dr. Salah Mowajda the Jordanian Minister, Mr. Hamid Ben
Mohamed Al Kotami the UAE Minister as well as Dr. Hussein
Gezairi, the Regional Director of WHO/EMRO office in addition
to the ambassador HE. Mr. Ali Mohsen Hamid the representative
of Mr. Amro Moussa, the Secretary General of the League
of the Arab States.
An
open discussion between the Ministers of Health and the
attendees also took place following the opening speeches
and focused on the Quality in the Arab healthcare sector:
its problems and aspirations. The open discussion was covered
by more than 7 televisions broadcasting in all the Arab
countries.
Medhealth
Sharm Sheikh gathered 200 attendees mainly CEOs of Health
institutions, Administration & Quality Management Directors
& Human Resources Managers in Health Institutions as
well as Healthcare Analysts & Consultants. The attendees
were from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, Lybia, Tunisia,
UAE, Kuwait, KSA, Bahrain, Yemen, Germany and China.
Guest
Speakers invited from Egypt, UAE, Kuwait, KSA, Lebanon,
Syria and Jordan discussed with the participants the Arab
Project for Quality Improvement of the Healthcare Sector
and its pilot adoption in the Arab Countries as well as
the impact of quality on patient safety, evidence based
medicine and the future of healthcare in the Arab world.
A
high profile specialized exhibition ran alongside the scientific
program and regrouped some major Health institutions such
as Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital and the Saudi German Hospitals
Group in KSA, International Medical Center and Dar Al Fouad
Hospital, Gamma Knife Center, Egyptian Group, Children Cancer
Hospital in Egypt, in addition to a pavilion for the Egyptian
Exporters Association as well as widely known medical companies
from Germany such as Philips, Tunstall, Primedic, Jemys,
Metrax, Ottobock, Greggersen, all under the umbrella of
the Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Ghorfa).
Looking
forward to seeing you in our next event Medhealth Syria
2009 held simultaneously with the Arab Health Ministers
Council in Damascus – Syria during the second half
of March.
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Recommendations
of Medhealth Sharm Sheikh 2008.
Under the patronage of HE Mr. Amro Moussa General Secretary-
League of Arab States, the Arab Hospitals Federation held
its Regular Congress Medhealth Sharm Sheikh 2008 on March
5-6, 2008 at Sheraton Sharm Hotel, Resorts & Villas –
Sharm Sheikh – Egypt simultaneously with the Arab Ministers
of Health Council and in collaboration with the League of
Arab States, the World Health Organization, the Executive
Board of the Arab Ministers of Health Council, the Executive
Board of the Health Ministers Council for Cooperation Council
States and the League of Quality Healthcare Services. The
event was organized by Mounassabattcom the promoting and organizing
company of the Arab Hospitals Federation Activities.
Around
200 persons from different Arab Countries mainly from the
League of Arab States, the World Health Organization as
well the Executive Board of Arab Ministers of Health Council
participated in this event and discussed 20 medical topics
in addition to Arab public and private hospitals.
The
event included a conference about the Implementation of
Quality in the Arab Healthcare sector in addition to a specialized
exhibition for medical supplies, equipment and medical and
healthcare institutions.
The congress started with an opening session regrouping
Ministers of Health from KSA– UAE– Kuwait–
Lebanon– Jordan– Sudan and Bahrain who discussed
the subject of Quality in the Arab Country: problems and
aspirations. The event was also honoured by the presence
of HE Dr. Nancy Bakir – Minister of Culture in Jordan
and Former Secretary Assistant to the General Secretary
of the League of Arab States.
This
event allowed to create networking between the workers in
the Arab healthcare sector and stressed on the importance
of Quality in the health industry and the healthcare investment
as a base for development.
At the end of the event, the following recommendations were
issued:
1- Welcome to the Arab Ministers of Health who honored the
congress with their presence and participation. A special
gratitude was dedicated to HE Mr. Amro Moussa General Secretary-
League of Arab States for his patronage of the event and
his continuous support to the Arab Hospitals Federation
In addition to appreciation and gratitude to Dr. Hussein
Gezairi Regional Director of WHO/EMRO and to all the parties
that collaborated to the success of this event without forgetting
the Appreciation and gratitude to the sponsors of this event
namely Saudi German Hospitals Group and Dr. Soliman Fakeeh
Hospital as well as to all the exhibitors. Gratitude was
as well addressed to the President of the Federation Dr.
Faouzi Adaimi and the members of the Technical Committee
for the Arab Project for improvement of Healthcare Quality
and to the organizing company whose continuous follow up
contributed to the success of this event
2- Commitment of the governmental and private parties to
spread the quality culture in the Arab societies
3- Welcome to the Arab Project for Improvement of Healthcare
Quality and invitation to adopt it by the Arab Ministers
of Health
4- Finding the qualified committees that can support the
application of the Arab Accreditation programs in the Arab
Healthcare institutions
5- Holding the next congress of the Arab Hospitals Federation
simultaneously with the Annual meeting of the Arab Ministers
of Health Council, upon the request of the participating
ministers, noting that the Council will be held in 2009
in Damascus- Syria.
6- Publishing a Health magazine by the Arab Hospitals Federation
in order to highlight the activities and news of the healthcare
institutions
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Arab
Accreditation tools for the healthcare institutions.
The technical Committee of the Quality Standards
in Healthcare institutions held its meeting on July 25-27,
2006 in Cairo. During this meeting, a draft for the improvement
of Healthcare quality standards through Accreditation has
been issued. As well the tools for the Accreditation of
Healthcare Organizations have been agreed on.
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Medhealth
Syria 2009 to be held simultaneously with the Arab Ministers
of Health Council.
Upon the request of the Ministers of Health present
in the Medhealth Sharm Sheikh 2008, the AHF was invited
to hold its next congress Medhealth in Damascus - Syria
simultaneously with the Arab Ministers of Health Council
during the second half of March 2009.
