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- Health ministers of Pakistan and the UAE meet at the sidelines of a WHO event in Cairo
- Pakistani health minister invites UAE counterpart to attend global health summit in November
ISLAMABAD: The health ministers of Pakistan and the UAE this week discussed operationalizing and adopting state-of-the-art technology and innovative models in the sector, Pakistan’s health ministry said in a statement.
Pakistan and the UAE enjoy fraternal ties that stretch back to decades. The two countries enjoy close cooperation in various sectors including defense, health, trade, culture and information.
Pakistan’s Caretaker Health Minister Dr. Nadeem Jan met his UAE counterpart, Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al Owais, at the sidelines of the 70th Session of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Committee for Eastern Mediterranean in Cairo on Saturday.
“Both the ministers identified areas for collaboration in the field of health,” Pakistan’s health ministry said.
“They agreed to maintain close liaison for adopting and operationalizing innovative models and state-of-the-art technology for the people in both the countries and the region.”
Al Owais said the UAE wanted to further deepen and consolidate its existing fraternal relations with Pakistan, according to the statement.
“Dr. Nadeem Jan expressed gratitude for provision of support and assistance provided by the UAE leadership in different sectors of development in Pakistan,” the statement added.
Jan invited the UAE minister to attend the Global Health Security Summit in Islamabad in November.
Last month, Jan said the first-of-its-kind health summit would help Pakistan finalize its strategic roadmap to effectively tackle health emergencies and epidemics in the country.
He said leaders, top experts, and stakeholders from across the world would be invited to participate in the summit.
Pakistan, a country of more than 240 million, witnessed major outbreaks of vector- and water-borne diseases following disastrous floods last year, which inundated a third of the South Asian country.
More recently, health authorities reported outbreaks of dengue and chickenpox in the country’s eastern Punjab and northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces.