DOHA: The SahtakAwalan — Your Health First public health campaign of Weill Cornell Medicine — Qatar (WCM-Q) has won a major award for work to improve the health of people in Qatar.
SahtakAwalan won the ‘Best Community Development Award’ at the Corporate Social Responsibility Summit, held at the Doha Hilton under the patronage of the Ministry of Economy and
Commerce.
The award was received by WCM-Q’s Chief Communications Officer, Nesreen Al Rifai, whose Communications Division is responsible for the conception and delivery of all Your Health First – SahtakAwalan initiatives.
Al Rifai said: “We are extremely happy and proud to receive this wonderful award because community development and corporate social responsibility are values that are absolutely integral to the identity of both the SahtakAwalan campaign and Weill Cornell Medicine — Qatar as an institution.
“Through SahtakAwalan — Your Health First we strive to engage with everyone in the community to empower them to protect their own health and the health of their family. I want to give special thanks to all our strategic partners, whose support has been instrumental in making Your Health First so successful.”
Your Health First was launched in 2012 in association with the Supreme Council of Health and the campaign’s strategic partners, Qatar Foundation, the Supreme Education Council, Occidental Petroleum Qatar, ExxonMobil and Qatar Olympic Committee.
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