Public Health Minister Mawlawi Noor Jalal Jalali met with World Health Organization Director for Afghanistan Edwin Sniza Slauder and Eastern Mediterranean Polio Eradication Director Hamid Jafari.
The Ministry of Public Health said the meeting discussed the launch of educational seminars, better implementation of polio vaccination, provision of health services and facilities to returnees, equipping hospitals with medical equipment, implementation of mass immunization policy and cooperation in the treatment of cancer patients.
According to the ministry, Mr. Jalali called the fight against infectious diseases one of the priorities of the Ministry of Public Health and asked the officials of the organization to cooperate in creating facilities for returnees in Torkham and equipping the thalassemia hospital in Herat.
Meanwhile, representatives of the World Health Organization assured full cooperation with the Afghan health sector.