The 69th session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean opens in Cairo

Cairo, 10 October 2022 ‒ The 69th session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean was inaugurated today in Cairo by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General; Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean; and H.E. Dr Ahmed Robleh Abdilleh, Minister of Health of Djibouti and Vice-chair of the 68th session of the Regional Committee. The inauguration was attended by ministers of health and representatives of the Region’s Member States, participating in person for the first time since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. They were joined by representatives of international, regional and national organizations. The theme of this year’s session is “Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals in the post-COVID-19 age: accelerating universal health coverage and health security – Health for All by All”. In his opening remarks to the ceremony, WHO Regional Director Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari cast a spotlight on the gravity of the situations impacting people’s lives in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, from multiple conflicts to the earthquake in Afghanistan, chronic and acute food insecurity in the Horn of Africa, floods in Pakistan and the recent cholera outbreak in the Syrian Arab Republic. “These intersecting crises take a severe toll on people’s health, livelihoods and lives and make it even more difficult to achieve Health for All by All. Yet I know that Read more...
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