Friday, September 30, 2011

«WHO» intends to open an office of the WHO Representative and the Regional Center for Environmental Health Activities in Amman

Saturday, 01 October 2011
Amman - the way
Involved and the Minister of Health, Dr. Abdul Latif Wreikat, heading a delegation from the ministry in the work of fifty-eighth session of the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean to be held at the headquarters of the Regional Office in Cairo during the week.

Wreikat, will meet during his visit to Cairo Regional Director of WHO, Dr. Hussein, Algeria to discuss the arrangements for the opening of the new building of the Office of the WHO Representative and the Regional Centre for Environmental Health Activities in Amman.

The ministry said in a statement that the agenda of the fifty-eighth session of the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean contains a number of issues related to Castisal polio and the Tobacco Free Initiative and the Millennium Development Goals and the fight against malaria, disposal and prevention of cancer and control and emergency response.

Also on the agenda raised issues related to pandemic influenza H1N1 and injuries from road accidents and the impact of the use of pesticides on health and disease, dengue fever, and the expanded program of immunization against diseases and mental health strategy and research for health.

The delegation includes Director of Health Care Management, Dr. Bassam Hijjawi and Director of the Directorate of International Relations and General Mustafa Qasim, Salman Issa of the Directorate.

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