Damascus, SANA- Minister of Health Dr. Musab al-Ali met with the World Health Organization (WHO) representative in Syria, Christina Bethke, and her accompanying delegation to discuss ways to enhance health cooperation.
During a meeting held Tuesday at the ministry headquarters, the two sides discussed the mechanism for transferring the authority and operations of the Gaziantep office to the WHO office in Damascus and the Ministry of Health to oversee activities following Syria’s liberation and the downfall of the deposed regime.
Dr. al-Ali highlighted the sensitivity of the phase Syria is currently experiencing and stressed the need to intensify support to revitalize the healthcare sector and provide the best medical services to patients, considering WHO the ministry’s most important partner at this stage.
He expressed the ministry’s readiness to collaborate and provide all necessary facilitations for WHO’s operations in Syria, emphasizing the need to expand and develop efforts in line with the ministry’s plans and priorities.
Bethke confirmed that WHO ranks Syria second after Gaza in terms of priority for support and is continuously working to integrate its efforts with the ministry. She noted that current efforts focus on supporting human resources, rehabilitation and reconstruction, and securing medical supplies.
Manar/Ruaa al-Jazaeri
