President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has attended the 61st session of the World Health Organization`s
Regional Committee for Europe, which has started here today.
The event brings together
ministers from the 53 member states, heads of international organizations,
Azerbaijan`s medical experts, as well as Director General of the World Health
Organization Margaret Chan.
Executive President of the
session Joseph Casals and WHO Regional Director for Europe Zsuzsanna Jakab
thanked the Azerbaijani government for good organization of the event.
They said strategy and plans on topical problems of health would be adopted at
the session.
Azerbaijan`s Health
Minister Ogtay Shiraliyev has been elected a chairman of the session.
Shiraliyev made a remark at the event.
The agenda of the session
was approved.
President Ilham Aliyev
delivered a speech at the session.
The Head of State also met
with participants of the event.
Minister Ogtay Shiraliyev
read out message of Azerbaijan`s first lady, President of the Heydar Aliyev
Foundation, UNESCO and ISESCO Goodwill Ambassador, MP Mehriban Aliyeva to
participants of the event.
Representatives from the 53
Member States in the WHO European Region will discuss a number of issues,
including development of the new European policy for health (Health 2020),
governance of health in the 21st century, the health divide: European
experiences in addressing the social determinants of health, strengthening of
health systems in the WHO European Region, including a framework for
strengthening public health capacities and services in Europe, action plans on
noncommunicable diseases, alcohol, antibiotic resistance, multidrug-
resistant/extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, a strategy on
the WHO Regional Office for Europe`s relations with countries and a policy on
WHO/Europe`s geographically dispersed offices and the European Observatory on
Health Systems and Policies, and WHO reform for a healthy future.
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