The Kabul Tribune (KT) — Taliban’s Minister of Public Health Noor Jalal Jalali and the World Health Organization’s representative in Afghanistan have discussed efforts to strengthen the country’s health system, including polio laboratory operations and new health initiatives.
Jalali met with WHO Representative Dr. Edwin Ceniza Salvador
and his delegation in Kabul, where the two sides also reviewed continued
international support and coordination to improve the implementation of key
health programmes, according to a statement from the Ministry of Public Health.
The statement said the meeting focused on international
assistance to Afghanistan’s health sector, the functioning of the polio
laboratory and mechanisms for introducing new health initiatives.
“We are working with full commitment to strengthen the
country’s health system and, in cooperation with international organizations,
we are striving to provide all citizens with high-quality health services,”
Jalali said.
The two sides also discussed the World Health Organization’s
upcoming programmes, with the minister offering recommendations on related
issues, the statement added.
