- ARAB NEWS
- 30 Apr 2025
Since 1975
Mohammed Abu Zaid
CAIRO: Hala Zayed, Egypt’s minister of health and population, handed over the presidency of the 68th session of the World Health Organization’s Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean to her Libyan counterpart Ali Mohamed Miftah Al-Zanati.
The handover came at the end of Zayed’s presidency with the approval of the committee’s members.
During her speech, she highlighted the region’s commitment to continue providing humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, and to launching a polio eradication strategy for the period 2022-2026.
