... include: Australia, Bangladesh, Yemen (3 each); Republic of Korea (South), Palestine-Egypt, Palestine-Lebanon, Russia, Saudi Arabia, SriLanka (2 each); Algeria, Bosnia, Germany, Kenya, Kuwait, Mauritania, ... and public health.B. Research: to expand and increase collaborativeglobal and local research initiatives especially ontopics of public health importance such as obesity and motor vehicle accidents. ... research approach inaddressing Qatar’ smajorhealthproblemssuchasdia-betes, cancer, obesity and heart disease.2. Building local research capacity by establishing sus-tainable training programs/courses...