Regional Director thanks United Arab Emirates for support of Polio Eradication Initiative in ...

From left to right: Dr Abdirahman Mahamud, Team Lead Polio, WHO Pakistan, Dr Jaouad Mahjour, Director of Programme Management, WHO Regional Office, Dr Mohammad Assai, Acting WHO Representative in Pakistan, H.E. Abdulaziz Ali Rashed Binmesaied Alneyadi, First Secretary, United Arab Emirates Embassy in Pakistan Dr Mahmoud Fikri, WHO Regional Director, H.E. Abdulla Khalifa Al Ghufli, Director of the United Arab Emirates Project to Assist Pakistan, Dr Maryam Yunus, WHO PakistanIslamabad, 30 March 2017 – During his 2-day visit to Pakistan on 30–31 March 2017, Dr Mahmoud Fikri, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, met with H.E. Abdulaziz Ali Rashed Binmesaied Alneyadi, First Secretary with the Embassy of United Arab Emirates in Pakistan, to express his appreciation of the country's funding to the Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme and encouraged continued support to Pakistan’s relentless efforts to wipe out the virus.  Dr Fikri, accompanied by Dr Jaouad Mahjour, Director of Programme Management, WHO Regional Director, and Dr Mohammad Assai, Acting WHO Representative in Pakistan, were received by H.E. Abdulaziz Alneyadi and H.E. Abdulla Khalifa Al Ghufli, Director of the United Arab Emirates Project to Assist Read more...
Source: WHO EMRO News - Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news