Official government website of the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 
Qassim University and the Saudi Red Crescent Authority signed a memorandum of cooperation on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, on the sidelines of the Global Health Forum 2025 in Riyadh, aiming to enhance academic, research and training cooperation between the two sides in the fields of emergency medical services, continuing education and human resources development.
The memorandum was signed by His Excellency the President of Qassim University, Prof. Dr. Mohammed bin Fahad Al-Sharekh, and His Excellency the President of the Saudi Red Crescent Authority, Dr. Jalal bin Mohammed Al-Owaisi.
The memorandum includes enhancing cooperation in implementing training, voluntary and educational programs, preparing joint scientific curricula and programs, supporting research and applied studies in the health and ambulatory fields, as well as exchanging experiences and knowledge and benefiting from the university's medical facilities, laboratories and laboratories.
The memorandum also includes training university employees and students on first aid skills and the use of AEDs, providing volunteer opportunities in Red Crescent activities, in addition to promoting awareness of international humanitarian law and spreading the culture of volunteer and relief work.
The signing of this memorandum comes within the framework of the two sides' keenness to integrate and cooperate in the academic and professional fields, in order to achieve the goals of health development and contribute to raising the efficiency of medical and humanitarian services in the Kingdom.
