Minister of Health arrives in Cairo

Cairo, October 10, SPA -- Saudi Minister of Health Dr. Hamad bin
Abdullah Al-Manea arrived this evening in Cairo to lead his country's
delegation to the 55th session of the Regional Middle Eastern
Committee for the World Health Organization scheduled for Cairo
tomorrow. He will also lead Saudi Arabia's delegation to the
extraordinary meeting for the Executive Bureau of the Arab Health
Ministers preparatory meeting for the Arab Economic, Developmental
and Social summit scheduled for Cairo on Sunday on the sidelines of
the regional session.

In a statement, the minister said WHO's meeting will discuss a number
of issues dealing with combating AIDS, smoking, climate changes
impact on public health, maternity and childhood, psychiatric health,
strategy of wiping out malaria in the Mediterranean region and other
important issues.

On the Arab preparatory meeting, he said the ministers will review
two important reports on ways to better treat diabetics and to
upgrade health services in the Arab world, both to be submitted to
the economic, developmental and social summit scheduled for Kuwait
early 2009.
--SPA