WHO EARMARKS 2.2 MLN DOSES OF ANTI-H1N1 VACCINE FOR YEMEN

FES, Oct.08 (Saba) - World Health Organization (WHO) has allocated
2.2 million dosages of anti-H1N1 vaccine for Yemen at a total cost
of $15 million which is enough for 10 percent of population in Yemen.

On marginal of the 56th session of WHO Regional Committee for the
Eastern Mediterranean held in Fez, Morocco, during 5-8 October 2009,
Minister of Public Health and Population Abdul-Karim Rase'a asked
WHO, in his meeting with WHO's General Director, to allocate a share
from the vaccines it has got from donors and the vaccine
manufacturers for the Eastern Mediterranean region and the poorest
countries in the region.

WHO said that the first batch of vaccine for the region would be at
the end of November, 2009.

On the sideline of the session, Rase'a also met separately with his
counterparts in some Arab countries for reviewing the health
cooperation fields between Yemen and each country and means of
promoting them.

During the meetings, Rase'a noted the efforts exerted by Yemen for
the sake of getting support to that the region countries from the
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

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