DAMASCUS- Syria and Belarus signed an agreement on health cooperation for exchanging medicines and medical equipments, Health Minister Nizar Yaziji told the state news agency SANA after he arrived from Geneva where he took part in the 69th Session of the World Health Assembly (WHA). He said the agreement was among most remarkable results of Syria’s participation in this event.
Yaziji stressed the importance of Syria’s participation in the WHA session in highlighting the ministry’s efforts to secure health services to citizens in all areas during the terrorist war waged against the Syrian people, SANA reported.
He said that he discussed with director of the organization Margaret Chan the possibility of supporting the health sector in Syria.
Joint cooperation and coordination between the ministry and the organization was also discussed with Director of the Eastern Mediterranean Region at the World Health organization (WHO) Dr. Ala’a Eddin Ulwan who asked the delegation for more support to meet the needs of patients with chronic diseases and to support the Health Ministry efforts to establish a specialized hospital for patients with tumors and providing it with equipment and medicines.
Activities of the 69th session of the World Health Assembly began on Monday at the UN headquarters in Geneva and lasted till May 28th. The session discussed the financial reports, the Organization’s reform, responding to the health needs, priorities and conditions in the occupied Palestinian territories and the occupied Syrian Golan in addition to issues related to communicable diseases and the global work plan, among other issues.