The WHO’s 74th World Health Assembly will provide Kuwait with a chance to keenly follow the latest health updates and best strategies to counter the coronavirus (COVID-19), said Health Minister Dr. Basel Hamoud Al-Sabah Monday.
Speaking to KUNA, Health Minister Dr. Basel, who is heading Kuwait’s delegation to the virtual meeting until June first indicated that the theme of the meeting will be ending the coronavirus pandemic, preventing the next one, in addition, building together a healthier, safer and fairer world. He added that the meeting would touch on the health situation in Palestine and the occupied Golan Heights, the efforts to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG) 2030, as well as a variety of important health issues.
Sheikh Dr. Basel Al-Sabah noted that a celebration will be held on the sideline of the event on May 28 to present Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Prize for Research in Health Care for the Elderly and in Health Promotion to China’s National Center of Gerontology.
Source-KUNA