[09 October 2008]

CAIRO, Oct. 09 (Saba)- Minister of Public Health and Population Abdul-Karim Rase held talks on Thursday in Cairo with the Regional Director of World Health Organization (WHO) for Middle East and North Africa Hussein Abdul-Razaq al-Gazaeri over joint cooperation ties between Yemen and WHO.

The meeting also discussed possibilities of WHO's support for implementing the national campaign for eradicating polio expected to be held in the end of 2008.

The meeting also discussed cooperation between Yemen and World Vaccines Treaty to assist strengthening health system program in Yemen as well as WHO's support for setting up liver cancer treatment centers in the governorate which were ordered by President Saleh.

Meanwhile, during his participation in World Sight Day activities in Cairo, the minister delivered Yemen's speech in which he pointed out to the volume of sight problem in Yemen and the number of blindness cases which reaches annually 20,000 cases, indicating governmental support for blindness problem and the efforts being exerted by the ministry in this regard.

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Saba