Noncommunicable diseases, maternal and child health and coronavirus in the opening session of ...

Members of the Regional Committee attended today the opening of the 59th session in the Regional Office With a heavy agenda full of important health issues, and the features of a new health strategy in the Region, the 59th session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean opened today, Monday 1 October 2012, at the Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, with the attendance of their Excellencies Ministers of Health and Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General. Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, in his opening address stated that the current challenges in the Region are alarming and outlined his strategy for the coming five years. He noted that the tremendous movement for change in the Region the root causes of which lie in social inequity He said that WHO has long expressed concern at the impact of such inequity on people’s health, with poverty, lack of access to education and employment opportunities, and lack of universal social protection against hardships imposed by illness being key determinants of health. The Regional Director said that what is being done in the Region to overcome the challenges is not sufficient and that the ‘best buys’ to prevent diseases, especially chronic Read more...
Source: WHO EMRO - Press releases - Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news