Health Ministers from 11 countries of World Health Organisation’s South-East Asia Region (WHO-SEAR) will meet here for a four-day meeting which begins on September 9 to discuss key health issues facing the region.In this connection WHO, Bangladesh organized a media briefing at CIRDAP auditorium this morning to brief the journalists about the schedule and issues to be discussed in the meeting. WHO said, the Health Ministers will exchange views and discuss important health issues to foster cooperation among the member states which will forge bilateral and multi-country cooperation in the field of health.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate the meeting on September 9 while Health and Family Welfare Minister of Bangladesh Mohammad Nasim will discuss ways to address vector borne diseases.
As the most of the vector borne diseases are either preventable or curable, the ministers will look at a more comprehensive and intersectional approach for their prevention, control and elimination.
WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan and Regional Director for South-East Asia Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh will be present along with WHO experts at both the meetings.
