A “remotely” medical gathering, tomorrow, the fifteenth, and the day after the sixteenth of this August, corresponding to the seventh and eighth of Muharram 1443 AH, will discuss public health developments under the title “Beyond the Horizon… Filling the Gaps” Integrating Public Health into Primary Health Care, under the auspices of Prof. Tawfiq bin Ahmed Khoja, Consultant of Family and Community Medicine, Professor of Public Health at Imperial College London, Secretary General of the Federation of Arab Hospitals, Vice-President of the Arab Society for Public Health, Chairman of the symposium, and the participation of a distinguished group of doctors and specialists.

16 hours of education

And the electronic interactive meeting that I adopted

The Saudi Commission for Health Specialties with 16 hours of continuing medical education targeting all health practitioners, as the link was made

to sign up

Cmh-sa.com

Zoom link only to follow the lectures

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iQFEumpcR96HRZZhpmQtLQ

Themes of the interactive meeting

The interactive meeting focuses on several themes, namely

• Promoting public health in primary health care as an essential component of disease and epidemic prevention.

• Presenting and analyzing the challenges facing the implementation of the basic elements of primary health care.

• Reviewing the impact of demographic, epidemiological, and morbidity changes on the quality and effectiveness of the primary health care system.

• The need to integrate health social services to adapt to the specific needs of the neediest groups of the population (the elderly, people of determination, adolescents...etc).

• The contribution of primary health care in emergencies and epidemics.

• Integrating public health into primary care: now more than ever.

• Building effective partnerships with national institutions and organizations in the field of primary health care.

Constellation of participants

The speakers at the interactive meeting are

⁃Professor Dr. Tawfiq bin Ahmed Khoja

Consultant Family and Community Medicine, Professor of Public Health, Imperial College London

Secretary General of the Federation of Arab Hospitals

Vice President of the Arab Society for Public Health

symposium chair

⁃ Dr. Lamia Lotfy, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Ph.D. in Home Economics, Faculty of Specific Education - Kafr El-Sheikh University, Bachelor''s degree, Department of Home Economics, Faculty of Specific Education, Tanta University

⁃ Dr: Sana Al-Qaisi, Family Medicine Consultant, Specialist and Academic Expert and Supervisor in the Department of Medical Education and Research at Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE

⁃ Dr. Muftah Tawilb, Head of Mission of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - Jordan, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery

⁃ Dr. Ashraf Abdul Qayyum Amir, Executive Director of External Relations and VIP Medical Programs, Family Medicine Consultant

⁃ Dr. Abdullah bin Tawfiq Khoja, Associate Professor and Consultant of Public Health and Family Medicine, Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University, Head of the Department of Public Health, Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University College of Medicine, Advisor to the Saudi Ministry of Health

⁃ Prof. Dr. Nabil Al-Qurashi, Family Medicine Consultant, Professor of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Dammam, President of the International Organization of Family Physicians, Eastern Mediterranean Region

⁃ Prof. Dr. Zuhair bin Ahmed Al Sibai, Consultant of Family and Community Medicine

⁃ Prof. Dr. Wars Qazi, Consultant Family and Community Medicine, Fellow and Member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan (CPSP)

⁃ Professor Salman Rawaf, Professor of Public Health, Imperial College London, Director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Education and Training in Public Health, and President of the Arab Association for Public Health

⁃ Prof. Dr. Emad El-Azzazi, Professor of Governance Practices, Visiting Professor at Cambridge International College, Secretary General of the Egyptian Healthcare Association

⁃ Prof. Maha Zine El Abidine Rabat, former Egyptian Minister of Health and Population, Professor of Preventive Medicine, Professor of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Kasr Al-Ainy, Special Envoy of the Director-General of the World Health Organization