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Greeting cables sent to Uruguay

Published: 26 Aug 2014 - 02:20 am | Last Updated: 22 Jan 2022 - 05:44 am

DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a cable of congratulations to the President of Uruguay, Jose Mujica, on his country’s National Day. 

The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani sent a similar cable.

Kerry thanks Qatar over scribe

DOHA: The Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah yesterday received a telephone call from US Secretary of State John Kerry who thanked Qatar for efforts made to secure the release of US journalist Peter Theo Curtis in Syria.

New chairman for WISH forum

DOHA: The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), a global initiative of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), has appointed Dr L Suzanne Suggs, Associate Professor of Social Marketing and Head of BeCHANGE Research Group, Institute for Public Communication, Universita della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland, to chair its Communicating Complex Health Messages Forum.
Suggs will lead a multidisciplinary working group of experts to produce evidence-based research and recommendations to address key challenges facing policymakers, governments and other groups responsible for communicating difficult and complex health policy issues.
The forum will assess, among other things, public understanding of the science behind complex health issues; define what complex health issues are, and analyse how communication differs between noncomplex and complex health issues with different audiences.
QNA