Oman's minister sheds light on one health policy in Tunis
Tunis: Oman participated on Saturday in the activities of the Regional Conference for One Health for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region hosted by the Tunisian Republic.
The Sultanate participated as guest of honour by an official delegation chaired by Dr. Hilal bin Ali bin Hilal Al Sabti, Minister of Health.
Dr. Al Sabti gave a speech in which he reviewed the efforts of the Sultanate of Oman in implementing the one health policy.
He said that the conference comes at a significant time and represents a vital platform for exchange of expertise and optimal practices which contributes to boosting the collective efforts and regional and international cooperation in the field.
In his speech, the minister shed light on the Sultanate's efforts in implementing the one health policy.
He added that the Sultanate has established several national mechanisms supportive to the one health policy and formed teams in various sectors to further cement integration between the various sectors.
The minister also described the leading role the Sultanate has played in the international arena in the antimicrobial resistance dossier by hosting the third high- level international ministerial meeting for the first time in the MENA region in Muscat in 2022.
He said that the Muscat conference and its final declaration signed by 47 countries represents the foundation for the preparations for the high-level meeting in the UN to discuss the microbes' resistance issue held in New York on 26 September 2024.
The Minister also pointed out that the Sultanate of Oman has launched the carbon neutrality (zero carbon) project, which represents a strategic pillar supportive to environmental health.
The conference discussed a number of issues within the one health framework such as the basic principles and the global significance of the issue and implementation of the one health method and protection of nature under climate change conditions among other issues.
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