Their Excellencies, Ministers of Health of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries held their eighty-fifth meeting on Saturday, corresponding to October 22, 2022 AD, at the headquarters of the General Secretariat in Riyadh, headed by His Excellency Professor Fahd bin Abdul Rahman Al-Jalajil, Minister of Health in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – Chairman of the current session -, and in the presence of His Excellency Professor Abdul Rahman bin Mohammed Al Owais, Minister of Health and Prevention of the United Arab Emirates, His Excellency Dr. Jalila bint Al Sayed Jawad Hassan, Minister of Health of the Kingdom of Bahrain, His Excellency Dr. Mohammed bin Saif Al Hosani, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health for Health Affairs in the Sultanate of Oman, His Excellency Dr. Saleh Ali Al Marri, Assistant Minister of Public Health for Health Affairs in the State of Qatar, His Excellency Dr. Ahmed Abdel Wahhab Al-Awadi, Minister of Health in the State of Kuwait, His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Muhammad Dahan, Deputy Minister of Public Health and Population of the Republic of Yemen, and with the participation of His Excellency Professor Khalifa bin Saeed Al-Abri, Assistant Secretary for Economic and Development Affairs at the Secretariat The General Assembly of the Cooperation Council, and His Excellency Mr. Sulaiman bin Saleh Al-Dakhil, Director General of the Health Council of the Cooperation Council States.
During the meeting, Their Excellencies discussed a number of topics on their agenda, the most important of which is reviewing the reports of performance indicators of the Gulf Health Council for the year 2022 AD, and the ministers confirmed in the meeting what was included in the performance report, and the operational plan for projects submitted by the Council for the year 2023 AD was reviewed. Their Excellencies, Ministers of Health also stressed the importance of continuing cooperation and coordination between the Ministries of Health, in a way that benefits the citizens and residents of the GCC countries and enhances the international standing of the Council, in implementation of the directives and aspirations of Their Majesties and Highnesses, the leaders of the GCC countries – may God protect and preserve them – and to achieve the system of integration. Cooperation in the joint Gulf health sector.
