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Title: 3 Ministers of Health Represented Somalia in the World Health Assembly this Year
Post by: Admin on May 18, 2011, 07:17:47 PM
(http://puntlandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG_1931-e1305556972801.jpg)Delegates from 193 countries met today in Geneva at the start of the World Health Assembly (WHA), which will address several infectious disease topics, including a report from an independent pandemic review committee, a virus-sharing agreement, and the fate of the world's remaining smallpox virus stocks.

The WHA is the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), and the meeting runs through May 24. Today's agenda mainly consisted of housekeeping tasks such as electing a president for this year's assembly and adopting a provisional agenda. Cyprus' health minister, Dr Christos Patsalides, was elected president.

3 ministers of health were participated for Somalia, Somaliland and Puntland in this 64th session of WHA in Geneva!!!
See the photo, From Left: Puntland Health Minister, Somalia Health Minister and Somaliland Health Minister.

For more information about the assemply and the participants' speaches, please visit this page: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2011/wha64/en/index.html (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2011/wha64/en/index.html)
Title: Re: 3 Ministers of Health Represented Somalia in the World Health Assembly this Year
Post by: Shenamic on May 18, 2011, 10:26:24 PM
When will there be one Representative?!
Title: Re: 3 Ministers of Health Represented Somalia in the World Health Assembly this Year
Post by: Diagnostic on May 24, 2011, 07:34:14 PM
The question is: how many health ministers will represent us next WHA meeting?!!!!!!

The funny thing is that we didn't agree to have 1 Representative and yet we attended the WHO decision-making body meetings!! How are we planning to participate in this decision-making process!!!!!!!