The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), along with the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), the Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) and Sidra Medicine, has launched a booklet in English and Arabic, titled Guide to Maternity Services in Qatar.
The guide, drafted by the HMC’s Corporate Communications and reviewed by the Parent Education Taskforce Committee comprising members from all the public healthcare partners, is useful for all pregnant women, their spouses and other family members as it clarifies the healthcare pathway for them at all maternity hospitals in Qatar, starting off from primary health care through to the HMC, Sidra Medicine and other private sector hospitals.
The booklet follows the previous launches by the MoPH, of the guide to mental health service and three guides for healthcare services in Qatar, one each for children, adults, and the elderly.
All guides explain everything people need to know about accessing general healthcare services in Qatar.
Dr Najat Khenyab, National Health Strategy (NHS) 2018-2022 lead for Healthy Women Leading to Healthy Pregnancies, says that the initiative to produce the guide is another step in the right direction towards achieving the objectives of Qatar National Health Strategy 2018-2022.
“As Qatar’s population continues to grow and its demography changing, likewise is our plan at the MoPH to transform the country’s healthcare landscape, especially in ensuring continuous provision of state-of-the-art maternity healthcare services to all women in Qatar and the region,” she said. “So, a guide that offers women and their families a clear and comprehensive overview of how to access maternity services in Qatar is very important.”
Dr Khenyab explained that the NHS 2018-2022 prioritises women of childbearing age with its plans for healthy women leading to healthy pregnancies because healthy pregnancies lead to healthy children, consequently healthy society, and healthy generations to come.
“All citizens and resident women of Qatar aged between 15-49 years form the priority population for the NHS 2018-2022, and the goal is to see up to 5% improvement in their health and well-being indicators, which would lead to healthy pregnancies by 2022,” she said.
“As the first point of contact for women once they become pregnant, we at the PHCC feel elated to have contributed to the guide which highlights how to access care at the primary healthcare level, and the range of antenatal care services that we provide across all our 28 health centres to women in their first and second trimesters, making sure the baby and the mother are doing fine,” said Dr Hessa Ibrahim Shahbic, assistant director of medicine for women health at the PHCC.
The *Guide to Maternity Services in Qatar is available for download on the newly launched maternal and child health microsite https://www.hamad.qa/EN/your%20health/Maternal-and-Child-Health/Educational-Materials/Publications/Pages/default.aspx
The booklet follows the previous launches by the MoPH, of the guide to mental health service and three guides for healthcare services in Qatar, one each for children, adults, and the elderly.
All guides explain everything people need to know about accessing general healthcare services in Qatar.
Dr Najat Khenyab, National Health Strategy (NHS) 2018-2022 lead for Healthy Women Leading to Healthy Pregnancies, says that the initiative to produce the guide is another step in the right direction towards achieving the objectives of Qatar National Health Strategy 2018-2022.
“As Qatar’s population continues to grow and its demography changing, likewise is our plan at the MoPH to transform the country’s healthcare landscape, especially in ensuring continuous provision of state-of-the-art maternity healthcare services to all women in Qatar and the region,” she said. “So, a guide that offers women and their families a clear and comprehensive overview of how to access maternity services in Qatar is very important.”
Dr Khenyab explained that the NHS 2018-2022 prioritises women of childbearing age with its plans for healthy women leading to healthy pregnancies because healthy pregnancies lead to healthy children, consequently healthy society, and healthy generations to come.
“All citizens and resident women of Qatar aged between 15-49 years form the priority population for the NHS 2018-2022, and the goal is to see up to 5% improvement in their health and well-being indicators, which would lead to healthy pregnancies by 2022,” she said.
“As the first point of contact for women once they become pregnant, we at the PHCC feel elated to have contributed to the guide which highlights how to access care at the primary healthcare level, and the range of antenatal care services that we provide across all our 28 health centres to women in their first and second trimesters, making sure the baby and the mother are doing fine,” said Dr Hessa Ibrahim Shahbic, assistant director of medicine for women health at the PHCC.
The *Guide to Maternity Services in Qatar is available for download on the newly launched maternal and child health microsite https://www.hamad.qa/EN/your%20health/Maternal-and-Child-Health/Educational-Materials/Publications/Pages/default.aspx