GCC health ministers to meet in Riyadh Sunday

The executive authority of the GCC Health Ministers will hold its 84th meeting in Riyadh on Sunday, to achieve the necessary cooperation and integration among GCC countries in various fields of health.

    During the three-day meeting, the ministers will discuss the issue of unified purchase and tenders for pharmaceutics, laboratories, surgery supplies and various medical and healthcare supplies and equipment.

    Topics on the agenda also include technical issues such as Zika virus, non-communicable diseases, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, health systems development, healthcare financing and others.

    The ministers will also discuss a number of administrative and regulatory issues, including the work of the technical committees of the Executive Office, and ways of developing and improving the work of the Executive Office.

Source: QNA