HE Minister of Municipality and Environment Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi on Thursday stressed that the State of Qatar, under the wise leadership of HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, has paid great attention to health and environment by including both of them as one of the important pillars of Qatar National Vision (QNV) 2030.
Addressing the opening session of the joint meeting of Arab ministers of health and environment co-chaired by HE Al Rumaihi and the Yemeni Minister of Health Dr. Nasser Ba'oom, the Minister of Municipality and Environment the convening of this meeting stresses the need for a harmonization between the areas of health and environment.
Today's meeting also stresses the importance of bringing the two fields together and promoting joint Arab action on the relevant issues, HE Al Rumaihi said. In this context, HE Al-Rumaihi underlined the necessity of boosting health and environmental sectors' development in the Arab world. 
He also praised the efforts being exerted towards achieving the Arab Strategy of Health and Environment (2017 - 2030) in line with national strategies and policies in the Arab countries, in addition to defining the framework for a strategic action aimed at moving forward according to a firm approach, which ensures the advancement of the Arab nation in the areas of health and environment so as to meet their citizens' needs .
 He underlined the collective keenness to develop our people so as to boost the Arab countries' economy while taking into account the implications of such a growth mainly on the environmental level, which directly or indirectly affects health.
The Minister expressed hope that the meeting's outputs would be the first step towards establishing integrated series that link environment and health areas according to a knowledge-based approach and the best international standards and also contributing to the development of the Arab nation to rank among the most developed countries and achieve prosperity of their peoples.
Concluding, HE Al Rumaihi praised the 'good' efforts being exerted by the World Health Organization (WHO) along with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in the areas of health and environment.
The meeting addresses means of coping with environmental hazards and minimizing their impact on man's wellbeing as well as promoting health and environmental sectors and their capacity in emergency preparedness within the framework of the implementation of international commitments to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Source: QNA