KATHMANDU, Sept 5 - A Southeast Asian regional meeting of the World Health Organisation (WHO) will be held in Kathmandu from Sunday.
Health ministers from 11 WHO member states--Bangladesh, Bhutan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, the Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thiland and Timor Leste--will attend the four-day meet. They will discuss key health issues
confronting the states and explore and work out ways to tackle the issues
together.
Speaking at a function, Dr. Alex Andjaparidze said the health ministers will share the national experiences in the social and political dimensions of health and highlight the burning issues confronting each member country. The meet will also focus on pandemic influenza preparedness, the issue of climate change and its impact on human health.
(source:ekantipur)
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