Online Master’s Degree On Addiction Planned...

The Supreme Council of Health is collaborating with the Italian-based San Patrignano Community and Uninettuno University to launch a web master’s degree course in psycho-social rehabilitation, in an exceedingly bid to any combat the matter of drug and misuse within the country and to make sure native treatment is up-to-date.

Some five-hitter of Qatar’s population has been found passionate about either alcohol or medication.

Courses throughout the annual master’s programme are schooled in four totally different languages – Arabic, English, Italian and French.

The members of the 2 delegations, junction rectifier by Italy’s former education minister, United Nations agency was additionally the world organisation Goodwill Ambassador in 2000, Letizia Moratti, were welcome yesterday by the SCH Public Health Department director and National informatory Committee for the institution of addiction treatment centre Dr Mohamed al-Thani.

The delegation are within the country till First of May and variety of memorandums of understanding square measure expected to be signed throughout the visit.

Dr Mohamed al-Thani explained that the planned co-operation with each organisations can make sure that best medical service is being provided to medication and substances addicts within the country.

“We square measure happy to be benefitting from the distinctive expertise of the distinguished San Patrignano Community, that has been concerned, for over four decades currently, within the field of addiction education, prevention, rehabilitation and analysis,” he aforesaid whereas mentioning plans to develop any tutorial co-operation within the field by encouraging Qatar to be a hub for addiction treatment education within the Gulf region.

“We hope that such centre, which is able to be receiving the contribution of specialists in Addiction drugs, can give a chance for practitioners in dependency treatment field within the region to get a Master’s degree in psycho-social rehabilitation through the Italian Uninettuno University,” he said.

The official superimposed that the co-operation is one in every of the interests and priorities of Minister of Public Health and SCH Secretary General HE Abdullah bin Khaled al-Qahtani, United Nations agency last year sanctioned that specialists from Qatar will visit San Patrignano Community in European country, in co-ordination with Qatar’s Ambassador in Rome grand Turk Saad al-Marikhi and therefore the Ministry of Foreign Affairs so as to have the benefit of the expertise there.

Two officers from SCH comprising Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre medical director Dr Mounir Soussi and Dr Majed Abdullah are visiting San Patrignano Community in European country in Oct.

Speaking at the event, Moratti aforesaid it absolutely was necessary that Qatar, that could be a high level country in education and analysis, aims to develop the mandatory tools different medication through San Patrignano’s co-operation and experience.

“The wonderful results obtained by the therapeutic model of the community, already recognised at the eu level, may be developed in Qatar, wherever the drug emergence is currently increasing. solely through a world co-operation at this level, we’ll be ready to get together on bar, fight and recovery from dependency worldwide,” she noted.

Also speaking at a press informing unionised when the reception, Dr Soussi aforesaid a part of the agreement to be signed later throughout the visit embrace exchange of experience between Qatar and European country within the field of addiction treatment and rehabilitation mistreatment bio-psychosocial non secular technique.

“We square measure about to type a committee which might result in the institution of an analogous centre as San Patrignano Community either here in Qatar or elsewhere within the Gulf region,” he expressed.

He maintained that making such a centre within the region can make sure that patients square measure given probability to receive adequate treatment through social and or occupation rehabilitation or drugs.

However, the arrange is to own a technical platform in Qatar wherever e-learning in addiction treatment and rehabilitation programmes may be offered, he said.