The world's most popular sporting event is about to take place in Qatar. The World Health Organization and the Qatar Ministry of Public Health are working to make this year's football (soccer) championship the launchpad for a global health and safety campaign - and a model for promoting those messages at other major sporting events.
Dr. Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari, Qatar Minister of Public Health, receiving the 2022 Health Champion Award for her leadership on the #Sport4Health initiative from Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization at the Walk The Talk event in Geneva in May.
Africa: How Largest World Sporting Event Can Create a Legacy of Global Health #FIFAWorldCup
allAfrica, 30 August 2022
The world's most popular sporting event is about to take place in Qatar. The World Health Organization and the Qatar Ministry of Public Health are working to make this year's… Read more »
WHO and the State of Qatar have teamed up with FIFA on the Healthy 2022 World Cup project. The project aims to ensure the tournament will be a healthy ... see more »
Africa: Creating a Legacy of Sport for Health
WHO, 30 August 2022
With Qatar soon to take the centre stage of world sports, the World Health Organization and the Qatar Ministry of Public Health are driving forward efforts to help make this year's… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Football Legend Didier Drogba Appointed WHO Ambassador for Sports and Health
WHO, 18 October 2021
Football legend Didier Drogba was today announced as the World Health Organization's Goodwill Ambassador for Sport and Health. Drogba, from Côte d'Ivoire, will support WHO to… Read more »
Africa's contenders at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar face tough matches in the opening round of the tournament, which kicks off on November 21, when the continent's best hope, ... Read more »
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