Health Minister meets Lebanese, Syrian counterparts
The Source: beirut/ hadhramaut.info/sabanews.net - 27/04/2010
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Minister of Public Health and Population Abdul Karim Rasa'a has met with his Lebanese counterpart Jawad Khalifa and discussed health cooperation between the two countries and ways of boosting it.
The meeting also discussed areas of cooperation between Lebanon and the Global Vaccine Coalition as Yemen represents the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa countries at the Board of Directors of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and cooperation between the country and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) in Geneva.On the other hand, Rasa'a discussed with his Syrian counterpart Radi Said Yemen-Syria health cooperation.They also discussed areas of cooperation between Syria and the Global Fund and the Yemeni support for Syria during the tenth meeting of the fund, cooperation between Syria and the GAVI and the desire of the Syrian Health Ministry for having meningococcal and diarrhea vaccine.Moreover, the two ministers discussed the upcoming visits of Syrian medic teams to conduct surgeries and establish the Syrian medication week in Yemen.
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