Doha: The 13th Asia/Oceania region intergovernmental ministerial meeting on anti-doping in sport chaired by HE Minister of Culture and Sports Salah bin Ghanim Al Ali kicked off in Doha yesterday.
The meeting is organised under the supervision of the International Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
The meeting is attended by a number of ministers of youth and sports and representatives from 34 countries as well as WADA officials.
The intergovernmental meeting discussed several points related to each country’s efforts in anti-doping in sport, as well as the challenges they face, especially in view of the great development made in discovering and reducing cases as well as the role of these countries in financing studies carried out in this field. It also discussed all procedures related to anti-doping, and issues concerning pharmaceutical manufacturers.
The participants reviewed the international agreements in the anti-doping field, as well as coordination among them regarding this scourge and the fight against it the field of sports.
Chairman of the Qatar Anti-Doping Commission (QADC) Dr Nasser Ali Al Ansari said in a statement that the meeting is held annually and this year it is hosted by the State of Qatar in the presence of WADA Director-General Davis Howman.
He added that the meeting touched on the anti-doping efforts, dope tests at foreign and domestic tournaments, instructions for dope inspectors, as well as the specific procedures that must be followed in this matter, especially in screening programs, in addition to education and awareness efforts at both community and academic levels.
Meanwhile, the two-day annual symposium hosted by Anti-Doping Lab Qatar (ADLQ) will begin at Marriott Hotel.
Experts in the field of anti-doping and veterinary medicine will attend the annual symposium, conducted for the sixth successive year, to be held under the theme ‘Anti-Doping in Humans and Animals: Parallels and Divergences.
The symposium will discuss topics related to the theme, especially in view of great competition in camel and horse racing which are gaining interest and popularity from the public from across the world.
Scientists and doctors from and outside Qatar, among others, will attend. Scientists from laboratories, international and regional organisations and local entities will give presentations on the latest in the field of anti-doping.
The focus will be on doping in animals and how far it has reached; and challenges and solutions as compared to doping in humans.
The aim of the symposium is to compare and contrast the regulations and regulatory bodies, the consequences to health of dopants, concluding with focusing on the nature and detection of the dopants themselves and their metabolites, in animals as opposed to humans.
ADLQ is one of the few laboratories that will analyse animal samples for doping. As with doping in humans to enhance sporting performance, similar interventions to ensure outcome in competition are also apparent in animals (horses, dogs, camels). Practices such as administrations of steroids, inorganic substances such as cobalt, as well as, gene doping may be far more prevalent amongst competing animals.
QNA/The Peninsula
Doha: The 13th Asia/Oceania region intergovernmental ministerial meeting on anti-doping in sport chaired by HE Minister of Culture and Sports Salah bin Ghanim Al Ali kicked off in Doha yesterday.
The meeting is organised under the supervision of the International Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
The meeting is attended by a number of ministers of youth and sports and representatives from 34 countries as well as WADA officials.
The intergovernmental meeting discussed several points related to each country’s efforts in anti-doping in sport, as well as the challenges they face, especially in view of the great development made in discovering and reducing cases as well as the role of these countries in financing studies carried out in this field. It also discussed all procedures related to anti-doping, and issues concerning pharmaceutical manufacturers.
The participants reviewed the international agreements in the anti-doping field, as well as coordination among them regarding this scourge and the fight against it the field of sports.
Chairman of the Qatar Anti-Doping Commission (QADC) Dr Nasser Ali Al Ansari said in a statement that the meeting is held annually and this year it is hosted by the State of Qatar in the presence of WADA Director-General Davis Howman.
He added that the meeting touched on the anti-doping efforts, dope tests at foreign and domestic tournaments, instructions for dope inspectors, as well as the specific procedures that must be followed in this matter, especially in screening programs, in addition to education and awareness efforts at both community and academic levels.
Meanwhile, the two-day annual symposium hosted by Anti-Doping Lab Qatar (ADLQ) will begin at Marriott Hotel.
Experts in the field of anti-doping and veterinary medicine will attend the annual symposium, conducted for the sixth successive year, to be held under the theme ‘Anti-Doping in Humans and Animals: Parallels and Divergences.
The symposium will discuss topics related to the theme, especially in view of great competition in camel and horse racing which are gaining interest and popularity from the public from across the world.
Scientists and doctors from and outside Qatar, among others, will attend. Scientists from laboratories, international and regional organisations and local entities will give presentations on the latest in the field of anti-doping.
The focus will be on doping in animals and how far it has reached; and challenges and solutions as compared to doping in humans.
The aim of the symposium is to compare and contrast the regulations and regulatory bodies, the consequences to health of dopants, concluding with focusing on the nature and detection of the dopants themselves and their metabolites, in animals as opposed to humans.
ADLQ is one of the few laboratories that will analyse animal samples for doping. As with doping in humans to enhance sporting performance, similar interventions to ensure outcome in competition are also apparent in animals (horses, dogs, camels). Practices such as administrations of steroids, inorganic substances such as cobalt, as well as, gene doping may be far more prevalent amongst competing animals.
QNA/The Peninsula
