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The Middle East Council on Global Affairs and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, have officially launched the Doha Global South Health Policy Initiative. To kick off this initiative, a high-level panel discussion titled “Enhancing Primary Healthcare Access in the Global South: Challenges and Solutions” was held on February 19, 2024, at the Sheraton Grand Doha. The event brought together representatives from nine low-and-middle-income Countries (LMICs) in Africa and Asia, alongside international experts and key stakeholders from Qatar, including the Ministry of Public Health, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar Fund for Development, Qatar University, and Hamad Bin Khalifa University.

Under the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, the 19th Korea Middle East Cooperation Forum was co-organized by the Diplomatic Institute at Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Middle East Council on Global Affairs the Korea-Arab Society (KAS), Jeju Peace Institute (JPI), and Ibn Khaldon Center at Qatar University on November 6, 2023, at the Ritz Carlton Doha, Qatar. 

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Think Tank Forum, co-hosted by the Middle East Council on Global Affairs (ME Council) and the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) at the American University of Beirut, concluded successfully in Doha on September 24, 2024.