SRCA to partake in 56th meeting of WHO regional Committee

Riyadh, October 04, SPA -- The Saudi Red Crescent Authority (SRCA)
will participate in the 56th session of World Health Organization
(WHO) Regional Committee for the Middle East to be held tomorrow in
Fez, Morocco.

The Saudi delegation to the 4-day meeting will be led by SRCA Acting
Vice President Faiz Al-Ahmari.
During the session, the participants will review the regional
Director's annual report for the year 2008 regarding WHO activities
in the Middle East, traffic accident casualties, the increasing
threats of Hepatitis types (C) and (B) in the region, a strategy for
cancer prevention and its control in Eastern Mediterranean,
improvement of hospitals performance as well as presenting Dr. Ali
Tawfeeq Shushah Foundation Award for the year 2009, said Ahmed Ba
Rayan, Director of Information at SRCA.
--SPA