The health promotion and education has been conducting training on ProLead health promotion and leadership training. PROLEAD module 1 training was conducted from 20 to 23 November 2011 in Doha, Qatar. Participants of five countries, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates attended the training and reported at the training of the second module held from 6 to 10 May 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand.
ProLead is a nine-month leadership training programme consisting of three modules. It seeks to strengthen infrastructure and financing for health promotion. ProLead leadership training is directed at health promotion decision-makers and representatives from ministries of finance and civil society, who work together in project development. This programme was developed by the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific and further expanded to the Eastern Mediterranean.