Members of the WHO Regional Committee attended the opening of the 60th session in Muscat, Oman28 October 2013 - The first day of RC60 begins today, 28 October 2013, in Muscat, Oman, in the presence of Ministers of Health, their Representatives and delegates of Member States of WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region, representatives of national, regional and international organizations and agencies concerned with health and the WHO Secretariat.

The Committee will address important health issues representing priorities for the 22 countries of the Region. At the top of the agenda this year are maternal and child health, universal health coverage, road safety, environmental health, tobacco and polio eradication.

The opening session of RC60 was inaugurated by H.E. Dr Ahmed Bin Mohamed Bin Obaid Al-Saidi, Minister of Health of Oman, H.E. Dr Abdellatif Mekki, Minister of Health of Tunisia, and Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean. Her Royal Highness Princess Muna Al-Hussain, WHO Patron of Nursing and Midwifery in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, delivered a keynote speech during the session.

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