An event highlighting the research and findings of the WISH 2016 forum report on accountable care was held in London, on 27 June 2017. The ‘Learning from WISH: A Forum on Accountable Care’ event was attended by nearly 100 representatives from a wide range of organizations within the NHS England network. The London gathering of

WISH attended the Second Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety, hosted by the German Federal Minister of Health, Hermann Gröhe, in Bonn, Germany, on March 29 – 30, 2017. This annual summit is a joint initiative between the office of Mr. Gröhe and that of his British counterpart, Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health,

WISH contributed its research on Investing in Health to the third Health Innovation Week, held in Mexico City on March 29 – 30, 2017. Health Innovation Week is organized annually by the Mexican Association of Pharmaceutical Research Industries (AMIIF) and is intended to promote a broader discussion of health issues. The topic of this year’s

Autism research conducted by WISH was presented at the International Conference on Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (ANDD2017) in Thimphu, Bhutan, on April 19-21. 2017. Dr. Muhammad Waqar Azeem, chair of psychiatry at Sidra Medical and Research Centre (Sidra), and academic co-chair of WISH 2016 forum on Autism, moderated a session titled ‘Supported Independent Living’, one

WISH and Liverpool Football Club’s official charity, LFC Foundation, held a workshop on April 25, 2017, to brief Qatar-based coaches on skills for establishing local football training programs for children with autism. The event, brought together various government, health, and education organizations, in advance of a one-week football training program scheduled to take place in

WISH sponsored ‘Shida’ 2017, the Fourth Annual Forum of the Somali Community in Qatar, organized by Weyak, a Doha-based voluntary organization that works to foster understanding of mental health issues with outreach activities both regionally and within the local community. Weyak partnered with Hersare Foundation, a Somali NGO supporting vulnerable and neglected people in Somalia

WISH partnered with the Research Centre for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) in Qatar, and the Islamic Institute for Development and Research (IIDR) in London, to support a course on Islamic Biomedical Ethics, held from April 29 – 30, 2017. The course addressed the various ethical questions, that arise

In December 2015, The Carter Center and WISH hosted a policy briefing with local stakeholders at Weill Cornell Medicine –Qatar (WCM-Q) to examine issues of mental health. Enhancing journalists’ abilities to cover mental health was identified as key to achieving this goal. The Carter Center subsequently invited WISH to select a number of journalists to

WISH, with the support of Qatar Foundation Recreation Services and Al Shaqab equestrian center, organized a summer activity program for autistic children from the Qatar Autism Families Association (QAFA). The program ran from mid-July to end of August 2017. Read full story on horse-riding The program, which is in line with Qatar’s National Autism Plan,

A WISH-led diabetes-focused pilot project at the Al Wakra Health Centre in Qatar has started screening more than 3,000 patients for the disease since February. The SMART Clinic, also known as the WISH Clinic, aims to give patients individualized healthcare plans depending on their classification as pre-diabetic or diabetic. The project is the first of its kind in