Improving Health Services in Taiz
During the meeting, Al-Mutawakel praised MSF's role in providing support to improve medical services and humanitarian relief, stressing the governorate's local authorities' keenness to provide the necessary facilities to ensure the organization's continued work in the governorate.
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