The President of the Hariri Foundation for Sustainable Human Development, Mrs. Bahia Hariri, from Sidon, congratulated the creative doctor and consultant in psychiatry, Dr. Ahmed Zakaria Hanqir, for being honored by the World Health Organization (WHO) for being chosen as the best global figure who provided medical services to humanity.
During a phone call to Dr. Hanqir to congratulate, Hariri expressed her pride in him, considering that every Lebanese is proud of what he has achieved, wishing him success in his scientific and medical career and more advanced contributions in the field of mental health in the service of humanity, human health and societies around the world.
Al-Hariri said in a statement, “Dr. Hankir’s distinction in his field of specialization, which made him the subject of a high-level honor by the highest international health organization, confirms that Lebanon, despite all the crises it is going through, and despite all the frustrations that the Lebanese face as a result of these conditions, is due to derive from the glow of The achievements of its creators are in a field other than the field of hope and high morale that this country is small in its area, but large with its children spread all over the world and able to rise once more with the will of all its children and its young and creative energies.
Noting that Dr. Hankir is a “Lebanese-British psychiatrist, a senior research fellow at the Center for Mental Health Research in collaboration with the University of Cambridge and an Academic Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry at King’s College London in the United Kingdom. He also works on the front lines of psychiatry at the Health Service The National NHS in South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust He is a Visiting Professor of Academic Psychiatry at the Carrick Graduate Institute in Cape Canaveral, USA While at medical school in the UK, he experienced a debilitating bout of psychological distress, triggered by the events He is the author of The Wounded Healer, a program that blends the power of performing arts, storytelling and psychiatry, which has been incorporated into the curricula of medical schools at four British universities.He is also known for his work on Muslim mental health, Islamophobia and violent extremism. .
Henkair was chosen to receive one of six awards given by the World Health Organization, in recognition of outstanding contributions to the advancement of global health, demonstrated leadership and commitment to regional health issues.
