A high-level delegation led by His Excellency, Dr. Khaled Al Saeed, Minister of Health Kuwait and accompanied by senior officials of MoH visited WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office in Cairo, Egypt where they met with Dr. Ahmed Al Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean and senior officials at WHO. WHO resident representative in Kuwait Dr Assad Hafeez was also present during the deliberations to elucidate on details of collaborations.
During the visit, Dr. Al Mandhari expressed his appreciation of WHO’s valued collaboration with Kuwait. “Honored to meet HE Dr Khaled Al Saeed, Minister of Health, to discuss future collaboration. WHO and Kuwait have worked together on key public health projects such as the healthy cities initiative to advance translation of our vision: health for all by all.”
The delegation reflected on the previous period of the pandemic reiterating the strong commitment of both parties in enhancing global efforts to end the pandemic, in that regard Dr. Khaled Al Saeed noted “Our visit to WHO EMRO today was very fruitful. We are committed to work in synergy with the Country & Regional Offices to enhance our joint work, and document successful experiences especially during COVID19 for the benefit of member states.”
The collaborative partnership between WHO and Kuwait aims to strategically target support towards enhancement of national capacities, “We look forward to the support of WHO in establishing Center of Disease Control (CDC) Kuwait, enhancing quality research in health, and jointly tackling major issues like pandemic preparedness and impact of climate change,” noted Dr. Al Saeed.
The visit ended with a joint reaffirmation to continue to work together strategically for positive impact on population health. Dr. Al Saeed shared his enthusiasm on the upcoming joint work in developing the Kuwait Country Cooperation Strategy, noting that “Kuwait Ministry of Health will work with WHO to develop the next Country Cooperation Strategy based on national vision and global targets to meet health challenges of the future.”