Sophia Chan attends WHO assembly

2018-05-23 03:51:45

Secretary for Food & Health Prof Sophia Chan today attended the 71st World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization in Geneva.

She attended as a member of the People's Republic of China delegation.

Public health preparedness and response, health and environment and climate change, and prevention and control of non-communicable disease will be discussed during the six-day event.

She also spoke with top health officials from other member states about healthcare issues.

Before attending the assembly, Prof Chan met Minister of the National Health Commission Ma Xiaowei and Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary & Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva & other International Organizations in Switzerland, Yu Jianhua.

She briefed them on the latest healthcare developments in Hong Kong, including the planning of the city's first Chinese medicine hospital.

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