Gulf CDC Convenes Third Meeting of Permanent Communication Network for Health Promotion

Gulf Center for Disease Prevention and Control (Gulf CDC) held the 3rd meeting of the permanent communication network for health promotion at its premises in Riyadh on Sunday. Attended by a host of representatives from the member states, the meeting discussed enhancing health in the GCC states. The members presented updates on the progress made and the challenges facing their countries, in addition to addressing the objectives of Guld Health Days 2024, the proposed approach to determine health priorities, along with the roles and responsibilities within the network to promote health in the future. The event underscored the importance of productive cooperation among the GCC states to achieve the public health objectives. The Gulf CDC operates to prevent communicable and non-communicable diseases, monitor, and control them, in addition to promoting health through conducting prevention research and studies. It aims to reinforce cooperation in public health and share knowledge in all GCC states, as a regional center for public health supervised by a council of key decision makers equally from the GCC states. Source: Qatar News Agency