GCC Executive Council of Health concludes meeting.

Riyadh, December 23, SPA -- The 96th regular meeting of the GCC
Executive Board of the Health Ministers Council was concluded today
at the headquarters of the Executive Bureau in Riyadh.

The Director General of the Executive Bureau of the
Council of Ministers of Health Dr. Tawfiq bin Ahmed Khoja said that
the agenda of the meeting included several topics pertaining to
technical and regulatory affairs of medicines and pharmaceuticals.

He told Saudi Press Agency (SPA) that the meeting was called for
searching for durable, innovative and sophisticated means to
overcome the obstacles facing implementation of the GCC plans to
combat diabetes, awareness, health education and health promotion.

Dr. Khoja said that the members of the executive board urged member
states to participate actively and constructively in Gulf Conference
of the economics of heart disease and vascular to be held next April
in Bahrain, urging the GCC countries to provide more political and
material support for community and media to promote Gulf Program for
the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, and urging to activate
Gulf charter of heart health as well as Gulf integrated operational
plan ( 2009 / 2018) for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases to
be presented to 66th the Council of Ministers of Health Conference
to be held in the Republic of Yemen for approval.
--SPA