Malta to host WHO regional committee meeting

Malta is to host the 2012 World Health Organisation regional committee for Europe.

Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director General, in her address to the Committee thanked the Government of Malta for its invaluable contribution to the provision of humanitarian aid to the Libyan people.  Chan also thanked the Minister personally for his role in the provision of medical support.
 
Health Minister Joe Cassr participated in a Ministerial Round Table discussing the European experience in addressing the social determinants of health. Among the panelists were the Ministers of Health of Greece, Turkey and Bosnia, the UK Chief Medical Officer and the Directors General of Denmark and Belgium.  All members of the panel spoke about different perspectives of inequalities as they relate to their respective countries.
 
Cassar is heading the Maltese delegation attending the 61st Regional Committee of the World Health Organisation being held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The meeting will come to an end on Thursday 15th September.
 
The 62nd World Health Organisation Regional Committee meeting will be held in Malta in September 2012.