A/HRC/44/57/Add.33 IV. Economic, social and cultural rights A. Health Para 44 and 45: In keeping with the State of Qatar’s international obligations and according to Law No 15 for the year 2016 to issue the Civil Human Resources Law, and Law No 14 for the year 2004 to issue the Labour Law and its amendments, and with a view to alleviating the problems of waiting time and ensure rapid access to health care services and facilities, the State of Qatar has established several private health centers for groups of residents, especially for workers, to name a few: the expatriate health center, which operates 24h and includes all specialties and is equipped with the latest medical devices; the Mesaimeer Health Center for workers, that accessible by workers 24h to obtain a speedy healthcare; and AlWakra Hospital and Hamad General Hospital receive all categories of workers in emergencies. All workers were exempted from treatment and daily health care fees and guaranteed by the Ministry of Public Health, and we affirm that these regulations were taken to achieve a balance between the high number of workers compared to the Qatari population and residents, knowing that emergency medical care services are provided to all without discrimination and free of charge, according to the laws and regulations in force in Qatar, especially the law of regulating the medical treatment and health services in the country Article No 4 of Law No 7 of 1996, which states; “There are no fees or charges for the following services: emergencies, accidents that require hospitalization of the patient, preventive services in the field of motherhood and childhood, preventive services in the health field for school students, infectious diseases and vaccination services". Para 45: We point out that working in open places and direct exposure to sunlight has been banned from June 15 until August 31 from 11:30 to 15:00 each year. Researches were carried out in partnership between the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs, the International Labour Organization, the Higher Committee for Legacy and Delivery, the Fem Laboratory at the University of Thessaly (Greece), and the British Occupational Safety and Health Agency, to define a method to measuring heat stress and mitigating its impact. Preliminary results and main recommendations have been published to Qatari stakeholders aimed to improve implementation of the relevant national legislation and standards at the enterprise level, and issue awareness materials and video recordings on the risk of heat stress and ways to reduce it for workers and employers in multiple languages. Employers and managers were encouraged to adopt plans for mitigating heat stress at the facility level, and the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs published on its website a guide on how to manage risk of heat stress, based on ILO materials and examples in which facilities working in the State of Qatar participated in it. The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour, and Social Affairs undertook the standardized approach procedures for screening and health promotion to ensure mitigation of risk factors for heat stress, which included the following: the necessity of requiring workers in the field of building and construction to wear cooling vests, launching worker welfare standards in 2004, appointing “Impact Limited” as a company responsible for external monitoring, signing a cooperation agreement with the International Federation of Building and Wood Workers, providing a pilot feeding program with Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar to raise workers awareness about the importance of a healthy nutritional pattern, signing a training agreement with Qatar International Center for Safety and Security to raise workers and contractors awareness of health and safety standards, launching a website dedicated to worker welfare www.workerwelfare.qa which reviews the most important in the field of workers’ welfare, and details of the numerous initiatives in favor of thousands of workers involved in 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar Championship projects. The Ministry of Health has formed a safety committee for injured workers and to look into all problems facing them. 14