Qatar, WHO to make FIFA 2022 a model for healthy events

The State of Qatar and the World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday launched a new collaborative project with the aim to make the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 a model for future mega sport events to promote health and safety. 

In a hybrid event held at WHO’s headquarters in Geneva, Minister of Public Health H E Dr. Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari and WHO Director-General H E Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus signed the agreement for the project.   

In the three-year joint project, ‘Healthy 2022 World Cup - Creating Legacy for Sport and Health,’ WHO and Qatar will work closely with FIFA, and host activities to promote healthy living, health security, physical and mental well-being centred around 2022 FIFA World Cup.