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WHO lauds Kuwait worldwide health efforts

Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Margaret Chan with Kuwait Permanent Representative to UN and international organizations Ambassador Jamal Al-Ghunaim
Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Margaret Chan with Kuwait Permanent Representative to UN and international organizations Ambassador Jamal Al-Ghunaim
GENEVA, March 23 (KUNA) -- Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Margaret Chan has lauded Kuwait's significant efforts in backing the organization's health programs around the world.
Over the past 10 years, Kuwait has sponsored WHO's projects in disaster and disease-stricken countries, and exerted tireless efforts in financing general health care programs and services in a number of poorest world countries, Chan stated to KUNA Thursday.
The WHO chief made her remarks after meeting earlier with Kuwait Permanent Representative to UN and international organizations Ambassador Jamal Al-Ghunaim.
Such efforts and directions reflected the pioneering role of Kuwaiti decision makers, led by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, in hosting the international donors' conference annually to support health programs for victims of the Syrian crisis, said Chan.
She also commended First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah's efforts in dealing with urgent health issues regarding countries in the region and around the world, describing the Kuwaiti people as a "role model" in responding and interacting quickly with humanitarian and health crisis, especially in Syria, Yemen, and a number of countries.
For his part, Ambassador Al-Ghunaim indicated to KUNA that his meeting with Chan addressed latest updates on the health situation in crisis-stricken countries such as Iraq, Syria, and Yemen to coordinate stands in dealing with such challenges.
The meeting also discussed a number of health issues that are to be discussed during upcoming donors' conferences for victims of Syrian and Yemeni crisis, including ways to prevent and control emerging diseases in these countries such as cholera, polio, and other infectious diseases, said the Kuwaiti diplomat. (end) ta.ma