OIC and U.S. forge partnership to eradicate Polio

Jeddah, July 29, SPA -- The United States and The Organization of
Islamic Conference (OIC) have forged a partnership within the
framework of a global initiative to eradicate Polio.

A U.S. delegation, which visited Jeddah, recently held talks with
OIC officials at its headquarters in the port city.

The partnership is the outcome of this Jeddah meeting (on July 26)
between the two sides, which focused on in-depth studies and
discussions to follow up the necessary action in conjunction with the
initiative that US President Barack Obama announced in an address to
the Muslim World, in Cairo on June 4, 2009, on a new global effort of
the US with the OIC to eradicate polio.

The US delegation comprised of representatives from the US
diplomatic representatives based in Saudi Arabia, the Center for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the US Department of Health
and Human Services and the USAID.

The two sides at the meeting, agreed to continue cooperation and
coordination in specified areas such as advocacy, fund- raising and
technical support, said an OIC press release issued in Jeddah
yesterday.

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