With the participation of Syria.. the start of the work of the 75th session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva

Geneva-Sana

The work of the 75th session of the World Health Assembly, which will continue until the 28th of this month, started today in Geneva with the participation of Syria.

The agenda of the session includes designing policies for health systems and services, highlighting public health issues and emergency response and preparedness, including the Corona pandemic file.

The participants raise many health issues such as surveillance and response to health emergencies, health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territories and the occupied Syrian Golan, and related to tropical diseases, meningitis, diabetes, the global convention on tobacco control, ways to prevent and control non-communicable diseases, the eradication of cervical cancer, the global strategy on oral health, prevention of obesity and promotion of mental health and others.

194 countries will participate in the session, in addition to representatives of non-governmental organizations, international bodies and donors.

Syria participated in the 74th session of the World Health Assembly virtually in May last year, when it was elected to the membership of the Executive Council of the World Health Organization representing the Eastern Mediterranean Region for a period of three years.

It is noteworthy that the World Health Assembly is the highest decision-making body in the World Health Organization and its main function is to define the organization's policies, monitor its financial policies and approve budgetary issues. It is held once a year in Geneva, Switzerland.

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