Egypt’s Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar; the Head of the Executive Office of the Council of Arab Ministers of Health, delivered the opening speech of the 59th session of the council, which is being held in Geneva, Switzerland, coinciding with the convening of the 76th General Assembly of the World Health Organization.

During the meeting, the members of the council re-elected the Egyptian Minister of Health to be the Head of the Executive Office of the Council of Arab Ministers of Health for a third round in a row.