Raúl receives directors of the
WHO and PAHO
Army
General Raúl Castro Ruz, President of the Councils
of State and Ministers, received Monday, July 14,
Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World
Health Organization (WHO) and Dr. Carissa Etienne,
director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO),
during their visit to Cuba to attend the
inauguration of the new Centre of State Control of
Medicines, Medical Equipment and Devices; and
National Coordinating Centre of Clinical Trails,
headquarters.
During
the fraternal meeting, they discussed aspects
relating to the WHO 67th World Health Assembly, held
May 2014, in Geneva and presided by Cuba; The
Millennium Development Goals; the post 2015
development agenda, as well as, global health
coverage. They also talked about the collaboration
Cuba offers to other countries, human resource
training and the global health situation, in
particular in the Americas.
Chan and
Etienne were accompanied by José Luis di Fabio,
representative of the WHO-PAHO in Cuba, José Ramón
Machado Ventura, a vice president of the Councils of
State and Ministers, Minister Bruno Rodríguez
Parrilla and Roberto Morales Ojeda, Minister of
Public Health.
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