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The Aspiration

“A health-focused society
supported by an integrated health system
centered on clinical excellence, sustainability
and innovation”

Physically, mentally and socially healthy individuals across all population groups.

An ‘all-of-society’ culture of ownership of the health and wellbeing agenda.

Preventative and curative interventions delivered through an integrated health system to support improved wellbeing and health outcomes.

Highest clinical standards guided by best practice evidence.

Addressing the health needs of today’s population without compromising future generations financially, environmentally and in terms of sustainability of the sector.

Increase in local Research and Development and adoption of innovative solutions across both clinical and non-clinical areas.

The National Health Strategy 2024-2030 has a clearly defined aspiration to deliver a health-focused society supported by an integrated health system that is centered on clinical excellence, sustainability and innovation.

The launch of the NHS-3 represents the next exciting phase of Qatar’s health journey. The objective of the NHS-3 is to progress the implementation of the NHS-2 while ensuring the necessary strategic pivots are incorporated to address the current and future health sector challenges – to ultimately deliver the very best health outcomes for the people of Qatar.

The long-term vision for Qatar’s health sector is defined at the state strategy level, as part of the human development pillar of Qatar’s National Vision 2030 and within the Healthcare Chapter of National Development Strategy 2024-2030 (NDS-3). Outcomes and initiatives will be guided by and fully aligned with NDS-3 to realize Qatar’s National Vision 2030.

BUILDING ON NHS 2018-2022:

how we got here

NHS-2 has provided a successful framework over the past 5 years by fundamentally changing the thinking towards population groups and their evolving needs within the health system. NHS-2 focused on seven target population groups1 and five system-wide priorities2, and achieved an overall completion rate of 90.3 percent across output targets from 2018 to 2022.

Healthy Children & Adolescents, Healthy Women, Healthy & Safe Employees, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Improved health for people with multiple chronic conditions, Health & Wellbeing for people with special needs, Healthy ageing
Integrated model of high quality care and service delivery, Enhanced health promotions and disease prevention, Enhanced health protection, Health in all polices, Effective system of governance and leadership

Overview of NHS-2’s achievements
Seven Priority Populations

Healthy children and adolescents

Reduction in the prevalence of dental caries in children
Increase in breastfeeding of infants

Healthy women leading to healthy pregnancies

Implementation of midwifery led services in the public sector
Increase in the share of women receiving midwifery care

Healthy and safe employees

Development of national guidelines for occupational health assessment
Implementation of national workplace wellness guidelines

Mental health and wellbeing

Implementation of a range of community-based mental health awareness campaigns
Launch of National Mental Health Helpline

Improved health for people with multiple chronic conditions

Launch of Qatar Chronic Disease National Profile
Standardization of educational materials for patient education for multiple conditions

Health and wellbeing for people with special needs

Increase in the capacity of existing workforce with a focus on autism and early intervention

Healthy ageing

Easy access to care for elderly through elderly urgent care units and acute geriatric inpatient units
Establishment of a health literacy website and health literacy awareness programs for elderly

Across all population groups, key achievements included direct positive impact on patient outcomes as well as the development of multiple policies, national guidelines, training and public education initiatives. Similarly, the five system priorities led to significant achievements to sustain NHS-2’s health outcomes over the long term.

The achievements across NHS-2’s 12 priority areas have also provided a strong foundation on which NHS-3 will build (see: Designing NHS-3, page 12), with a rigorous focus on implementation that is supported by a set of critical enablers, including a robust governance approach.

Five system-wide priorities

Integrated model of high quality care and service delivery

Launch of Community Call Center in 2020
Establishment of General Pediatric Clinics across seven PHCC Regional Specialist Centers

Enhanced health promotion and disease prevention

Development of National Health Literacy Framework and Action Plan
Opening of ten integrated clinics focusing on tobacco dependence

Enhanced health protection

Launch of Antimicrobial Stewardship Program across all hospitals in Qatar
Implementation of National Electronic Communicable Diseases surveillance and vaccination registration system

Health in all policies

Development of a HiAP Policy Framework to address child obesity in urban centers
Promotion of physical activity in the society with a cross-entity collaboration model including local and global partner entities

Effective system of governance and leadership

Launch of digital health solutions (e.g., virtual consultation and symptom checker were implemented)
Development of Qatar’s new Health Insurance Scheme

Designing NHS 2024-2030

To inform the design of NHS-3 and ensure all work currently in the ecosystem was effectively assessed and duly incorporated, over 300 existing projects across the ecosystem were analyzed. In addition, interviews and topic-specific workshops were conducted with participation across key stakeholder groups including patient representatives from across populations, health system stakeholders and leaders, topic experts, local organizations and NHS-2 Committee executives. The inputs from these interactions complemented findings from the baselining diagnostic conducted across key system themes including care delivery, population health, workforce and funding. National health strategy benchmarks and insights from current trends shaping health system across the globe were also incorporated.

With these valuable inputs and the insights derived from the successes of NHS-2, NHS-3 builds on the progress made to date by closely following three design principles:

Ensuring continuity of NHS-2
Prioritizing patient experience at every stage of the sector’s evolution over the next 7 years
Supporting Qatar’s economic diversity agenda.

These principles serve as a checklist for NHS-3’s articulation at every level.

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ecosystem stakeholders engaged with 1:1 interviews and topic-specific workshops

Experts and stakeholders engaged across 1-on-1 interviews and topic-specific workshops with participation across Qatari organizations (e.g., Ministry of Public Health, Hamad Medical Corporation, Primary Health Care Corporation, Qatar Petroleum, Qatar Red Crescent Society) and patient representatives

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projects and initiatives reviewed across ecosystem

Projects, initiatives and strategies analyzed across ecosystem (Qatar National Vision 2030, Qatar National Development Strategy 2018- 2022, National Health Strategy 2018-2022 as well as National Health Plans and Programs)

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metrics analyzed in baselining diagnostic

Metrics analyzed across key system components (e.g., national disease burden, care delivery and workforce, funding, research outputs etc.) to detail future state implications

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international system strategies benchmarked

National health strategies benchmarked and global healthcare trends analyzed and insights drawn in the context of NHS 2023-2030

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​​​​​​​“​​A health-focused society supported by an integrated health system​ centered on clinical ex​​cellence, sustainability​ ​and innovation”

​​Physically, mentally and socially healthy individuals across all population groups. An ‘all-of-society’ culture of ownership of the health and wellbeing agenda.

Preventative and curative interventions delivered through an integrated health system to support improved wellbeing and health outcomes.

Highest clinical standards guided by best practice evidence.

Addressing the health needs of today’s population without compromising future generations financially, environmentally and in terms of sustainability of the sector.

​Increase in local Research and Development and adoption of innovative solutions across both clinical and non-clinical areas.

BUILDING ON NHS 2018-2022:

​Overview of NHS​-2’s achievements Seven Priority Populations

​Five system-wide priorities

projects and initiatives reviewed across ecosystem Projects, initiatives and strategies analyzed across ecosystem (Qatar National Vision 2030, Qatar National Development Strategy 2018- 2022, National Health Strategy 2018-2022 as well as National Health Plans and Programs)

metrics analyzed in baselining diagnostic Metrics analyzed across key system components (e.g., national disease burden, care delivery and workforce, funding, research outputs etc.) to detail future state implications

international system​ strategies benchmarked National health strategies benchmarked and global healthcare trends analyzed and insights drawn in the context of NHS 2023-2030