Egypt has received a prestigious international award from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Interagency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (UNIATF), recognising its innovative and effective efforts to prevent and combat obesity, the Ministry of Health announced on Saturday.
The award was presented during the annual ceremony held on the sidelines of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly and the fourth high-level meeting on noncommunicable diseases in New York. Mohamed Hassani, Assistant Minister of Health for Public Projects and Public Health Initiatives, accepted the award on behalf of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health Khaled Abdel Ghaffar.
