Kazakh delegation took part in 3rd session of OIC Steering Committee on Health

13:35, 25 January 2011

ASTANA. January 25. KAZINFORM OIC Steering Committee on Health held third session in Jeddah. A delegation of the Kazakh Healthcare Ministry and the Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan to the Organization took part in the session, the press service of the Mission reported.

Besides, representatives of the OIC, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Iran, Uganda as well as the World Health Organization and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria participated in the event held on January 22-23, 2011 as well.

The main topics of the agenda were the issues of preparations for the OIC Health Ministers meeting scheduled for September in Astana. The Organization member states pay special attention to the healthcare sphere development. In this regard, the upcoming meeting in Astana is important for coordinating practical aspects of cooperation to provide the access of population to qualitative medical services, support of maternity and childhood, struggle against infectious diseases, etc. The Astana meeting is also important due to the intention of the OIC member states to adopt the Action Program for 2012-2022 in the healthcare sphere that will be the first OIC document on healthcare development in Muslim countries.

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