Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on Health
Group photo
© Ministère de la santé
- from: 16.11.2008
- to: 17.11.2008
- In: Cairo, Egypt
A Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on Health, co-chaired by Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, the French Minister of Health, Youth, Sports and the Voluntary Sector, and Hatem Mostafa El-Gabali, the Egyptian Minister for Health and Population, will be held in Cairo on 16 and 17 November 2008. It will bring together the health ministers the 27 European Union countries and the 16 countries around the Mediterranean.
This conference, co-chaired by France and Egypt, will be an opportunity to make health one of the priorities of the "Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean". 43 countries are taking part, along with several international organisations.
The populations of the member countries are facing many common health problems, making it increasingly appropriate to deal with them in a regional framework. The ministers will discuss improving regional cooperation in the area of the monitoring and surveillance of communicable diseases, the sharp growth in chronic diseases in partner countries and strengthening the national healthcare systems, notably through better management of the issue of healthcare personnel.
This conference will be the first step in a wider process of regional cooperation in public health based on concrete projects.
This conference will focus on three areas, covering the main health challenges faced by the countries of the Euro-Mediterranean region:
- communicable diseases, notably due to geographical displacements and climate changes;
- non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular diseases, cancers, etc.) which remain the leading causes of death in the world;
- strengthening the health systems.
These three areas will form the basis of the final statement adopted at the end of the conference.
Programme:
Sunday 16 November 2008
21:00: Official dinner hosted by Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, French health minister (not open to the press).
Monday 17 November 2008
Press meeting: Hôtel Mariott – 16, Saray El Gezira St., Zamalel, Cairo.
09:00: Introductory speech by Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, French health minister, Dr Hatem El-Gabali, Egyptian health minister, and Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Health;
09:30: Plenary session (not open to the press).
13:00: Group photo;
17:00: Press conference of Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, French health minister, Dr Hatem El-Gabali, Egyptian health minister, and Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Health;
17:30: End of the Euro-Mediterranean conference.
Press contact
French Ministry for Health, Youth, Sports and the Voluntary Sector: +33 1 40 56 40 14
- Updated: 20.11.2008
