Sixth Conference of Field Epidemiology begins in Sana’a

The Sixth Conference on Field Epidemiology began in Sana'a on Monday, and the sixth batch of the program graduated. The conference will discuss, in three days, with the participation of a number of graduates of the program, medical and health staff at the Ministry of Health, directors of health offices and epidemiological surveillance coordinators in the governorates, the graduation research of 33 graduates, including infectious diseases and chronic diseases. At the opening, the Deputy Minister of Public Health and Population, Dr. Mutahar Al-Marwani, pointed to the importance of the conference and the field epidemiology program in providing the Ministry with qualified and trained cadres in the field of epidemiology. He stressed the ministry's keenness to encourage scientific studies and research to develop health policies and priorities, calling on those in charge of the program to intensify field studies and research in chronic diseases, including cancer. He touched on the suffering of the health sector in Gaza and the spread of epidemics and diseases as a result of the barbaric aggression of the usurping Zionist entity, reviewing the difficulties facing Yemen in combating epidemics that the American, Saudi and Emirati aggression contributed to their spread in Yemen. Dr. Al-Marwani praised the efforts of those in charge of the field epidemiology program in finding qualified national cadres specialized in field epidemiology. Source: Yemen News Agency