Kuwait provides $59 million medical supplies to Yemenis
Permanent WHO office in Kuwait soon: Dr Basel
Kuwait’s Health Minister Dr Basel Al-Sabah receives the regional Director of WHO
Dr Ahmad Al-Mandhari. KUWAIT CITY, July 31, (KUNA): Kuwait offered $59 million as medical supplies to Yemeni people to help them withstand the humanitarian crisis in their country, said Minister of Health Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah on Tuesday.
“Under the guidance of His Highness the Amir, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwait responded to the appeal of the Yemeni people and provided medicine to cover shortages in Yemeni hospitals”, Sheikh Dr Basel added.
During a reception ceremony held in honor of the Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean at the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Ahmad Mandhari, the Minister explained that Kuwait enjoyed a common relationship with WHO for six decades, positively contributing to World Health Programs and supporting emergency and relief plans.
“The State of Kuwait is keen on following up with latest international health and medical programs, policies, and plans”, Dr Basel Al-Sabah said.
He stressed the importance of Kuwait’s technical cooperation with international organizations in various health fields, in line with the World Sustainable Development Goals 2030, WHO’s Program of Action (2019-2023), and the strategy of cooperation between the two sides.
Meanwhile, Health Minister Dr Basel Al-Sabah said on Tuesday the ministry is placing the final touches on the permanent office of the World Health Organization (WHO), which will open soon in Kuwait.
The minister affirmed that opening the office in Kuwait would increase the chance of executing health plans and programs and to keep Kuwait updated with the latest developments.
Minister Al-Sabah received the regional director of WHO Dr Ahmad Al-Mandhari, a meeting aimed at achieving a quantum leap in the relations between the two sides.
He also stressed the importance of Al-Mandhari’s visit to Kuwait, saying it would focus on the two side’s future visions and plans.
During the meeting, the two officials touched on important matters connected with plans to counter major diseases.
On his part, Dr Al-Mandhari said that the opening of this permanent office would serve the health system in Kuwait and the region.
WHO strives, through this cooperation between the two sides, to highlight Kuwait’s advance healthcare system, in addition to strengthening joint health ventures, said Dr Al-Mandhari in a statement.
Meanwhile, Minister of Health Dr Basel Al-Sabah has specified a deadline for the committee, which is tasked to review the certificates obtained by doctors, nurses and administrative employees while they were employed and were not on scholarship. The deadline is six months from the date of the committee’s first meeting, reports Al-Rai daily.
The decision to form the committee included addressing Ministry of Higher Education to ascertain the certificates are genuine.
Meanwhile, Minister Dr Bssel Al-Sabah issued a decision for reforming the Purchase Committee, the members of which include director of Budget and Monitoring Department instead of a representative of financial monitoring department. The decision was taken after financial monitoring body rejected the request to join the committee according to law No. 23/ 2015. The committee included head of department of tenders instead of head of department of inspection.
Furthermore, the minister issued two decisions for reorganizing the permanent committee assigned to study the moral aspects of medical research works conducted at Dasman Diabetes Institute, and for reorganizing the permanent committee assigned to conduct a national survey on chronic and infectious diseases. Minister of Health Dr Basel Al-Sabah with other officials during a reception to honor WHO Regional Director
Dr Ahmad Mandhari.
Kuwait Consul General in Irbil Omar Al-Kandari meets President of Kurdistan Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry Dara Khayat.
Kuwaiti Consul General in Irbil Omar Al-Kandari said Kuwait is eager to boost investment and trade with Iraq’s Kurdistan region. The official’s remarks were made during his meeting with President of Kurdistan Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (KFCCI) Dara Khayat on Tuesday.
In a statement to KUNA, AlKandari noted that the meeting discussed cooperation in facilitating commercial exchange between the two sides as well as investment procedures for Kuwaitis.
He added that he plans on organizing a trip for Kuwaiti businessmen to Kurdistan, to learn of investment conditions in the region.
Al-Kandari also said that there already are Kuwaiti companies investing in Kurdistan but we aim to increase the number.
On his part, Khayat said that Kurdistan will provide facilitations for Kuwaitis to invest in different fields in the region.
According to KFCCI officials, the investment field in Iraq’s Kurdistan had prominently developed since the war on the so-called Islamic State was over in Iraq. (KUNA)