(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), an initiative of Qatar Foundation (QF), will showcase the Qatari 'Sahtak Awalan' € 'Your Health First' programme among some of the world's most exciting healthcare innovations at the second WISH Summit taking place in February.
Run by Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q), a member of QF, 'Your Health First' is a unique wellness promotion programme designed to encourage the Qatari population to lead healthy lifestyles. The five-year educational campaign targets all sections of society, with a particular focus on helping young people aged between 10 and 25 years to make positive, healthy lifestyle decisions.
Following the success of last year's handpicked Innovation Showcases, this year WISH's Showcases were opened up to entries from around the globe and received 80 applications from 26 countries in all areas of health innovation: Digital health, healthcare products, design-solutions and innovative health systems and services. Selected entries, including 'Your Health First', will be given the chance to present their ideas to more than 1,000 leading global healthcare experts attending the 2015 Summit.
The selection was made by the Innovation Showcases Curation Team, represented by Professor the Lord Darzi of Denham, Executive Chair of WISH; Dr Hanan Al Kuwari, Managing Director of Hamad Medical Corporation; Tim Brown of global ideas consultancy IDEO; and Bright Simons, President of mPedigree Network, social innovator and entrepreneur.
'Your Health First' was launched in 2012 by Minister of Public Health H E Abdullah bin Khalid Al Qahtani, with a plan to raise awareness of the issue of obesity in Qatar where 70 per cent of adults are overweight and 41 percent obese.
The minister underscored the importance of community-wide health awareness initiatives, asserting that, "Health is not limited to large-scale projects, hospitals and health centers, but it is far more important to promote health awareness and healthier lifestyles among the population."
He added," 'Your Health First' is a crucial initiative due to its leading role in promoting health awareness, and it is imperative that it is presented at the World Innovation Summit for Health as an Innovation Showcase that delegates could learn from, alongside other unique global healthcare innovations to be revealed at the Summit."
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