MOSCOW HOSTS WHO REGIONAL COMMITTEE`s SESSION
Baku, September 14 (AZERTAC). The 60th session of the World Health Organization Regional Committee for Europe has kicked off in the Russian capital.
Speakers at the event included WHO Director-General Margaret Chan, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy John Dalli and over 20 health ministers from countries in the European Region.
The session brings together over 750 representatives from the 53 Member States in the WHO European Region.
Azerbaijani health minister Ogtay Shiraliyev attends the event.
The Regional Committee session will feature ministerial panel discussions. Representatives will discuss a wide range of issues in health development and health policy, including development of a new European health policy for the WHO European Region, adaptation of the work of the WHO Regional Office for Europe to the changing European environment, the future of the European environment and health process, health in cooperation on foreign policy and development, partnerships for health in the WHO European Region, strategic partnership between the Regional Office and the European Commission, the future of financing for WHO and eradication of poliomyelitis and elimination of measles and rubella in the WHO European Region.
The session will also feature briefings on global health and health diplomacy, the social determinants of health, the health-related Millennium Development Goals, the impact of the financial crisis on health and health systems, and countries` health policies, strategies and plans.
