WHO and South Asian health delegation meet President

Top level delegations from the WHO and 11 South Asian countries who participated at the inaugural session of the convention on Social Determinants on the Health of the South East Asian Region, jointly organized by the WHO and Health Ministry, called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Temple Trees recently.

Representatives expressed their views that the field studies on health have confirmed that Sri Lanka has achieved considerable progress in such areas as education, drinkable water, housing, women’s and children’s health promotion programs which have enabled Sri Lanka to maintain high health standards and indicated their satisfaction over the high quality progress in the domain of health.

It was revealed that the commission on the prevention of world health chaired by Prof. Michel Marmot expects to study Sri Lanka’s free health and education systems and explore whether it could be applied to develop the entire gamut of world health and education.

Bangladesh Health Minister Dr. A.F.M. Ruhal Haque, Bhutanese Health Minister Lyo Zangley Dipka, Maldives Health Minister Dr. Amirath Jammeel and Prof. Michel Marmot of the WHO and S.E. Asia representative Dr. Poonum Singh participated.