Health minister holds series of meetings in Geneva
Geneva
Minister of Public Health HE Mansoor bin Ebrahim Al Mahmoud held a series of meetings on the sidelines of the ongoing World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva.
The minister held separate meetings with Minister of Health of Iraq Dr Saleh Al Hasnawi, Minister of Health of Syria Dr Musab Nazzal Al Ali, Acting Federal Minister of Health of Sudan Dr Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim, Minister of Health and Medical Education of Iran Dr Mohammad Reza Zafarghandi, and Minister of Public Health of Cuba Dr José Ángel Portal Miranda.
The health minister also met separately with Minister of Health of Algeria Abdelhak Saihi, Minister of Health and Social Protection of Morocco Amine Tahraoui, Minister of Public Health of Lebanon Dr Rakan Nassereddine, Minister of Health of Mauritania Abdallahi Wedih, and Minister of Health of Italy Professor Orazio Schillaci.
The minister also met with President of Global Development at the Gates Foundation Dr Chris Elias.
The meetings reviewed bilateral relations between Qatar and each of the respective countries, with a focus on ways to strengthen cooperation in the field of health.
Discussions also covered key issues on the agenda of the ongoing World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, held under the theme 'One World for Health'.
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