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OIC members urged to pool health resourcesNation
Thursday June 14, 2007
OIC members urged to pool health resources
SUBANG: It is necessary to pool the efforts and facilities of Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) member countries to solve public health issues.
"No single nation is expected to solely resolve public health issues that affect its population in particular those which are trans-boundaries in nature. Therefore, it is necessary to pool our efforts and facilities," said its secretary-general Prof Dr Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu in his speech on Thursday at the opening of the Kuala Lumpur-OIC Health Ministerial Conference.
The inaugural conference was opened by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
It ends Friday with OIC health ministers adopting the KL Declaration 2007.
He also called on member countries to "join hands" to collaborate and synergize their efforts in performing and undertaking research and development to resolve some of the public health threats and challenges that they face.
He added that the conference provided a good chance for the OIC to review and discuss past interventions, "realign" their work and propose strategies at national, regional and international levels to combat pandemic diseases.
"We have to take full advantage of the presence of international partners in preparing and developing our future work," he said.
Ihsanoglu urged member countries to follow the example of some in the OIC to help provide financial aid against the fight of pandemic diseases in infected OIC member countries.
Among the donations that he cited were Malaysia for contributing US$1mil (RM3.6mil) towards eradicating polio, Iran loaning US$7mil (RM25.2mil) in supporting eradication of malaria in Sudan and Senegal and the United Arab Emirates for providing support in kind to combat the spread of polio in Yemen.
The just concluded donor conference on Niger for ridding food insecurity resulting in malnutrition received a pledge of US$366mil (RM1317.6mil) from participants of the conference.
He also commended the "encouraging results" from advanced researches in the field of drugs and vaccines in several member states like Pakistan and Iran.
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The Inquisitor
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A lot more needs to be done in Sudan and Somalia, but that is a good start to be sure.
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obmar
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Nation
Friday June 15, 2007
Pool efforts to solve health issues, OIC told
KUALA LUMPUR: Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) member countries must pool their efforts and facilities to solve public health issues.
“No single nation is expected to solely resolve public health issues that affect its population,” said its secretary-general Prof Dr Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu in his speech.
He also called on member countries to collaborate their efforts in undertaking research and development, so as to resolve some of the public health threats and challenges faced.
He added that the conference provided a good chance for the OIC to review and discuss past interventions, “realign” their work, and propose strategies at national, regional and international levels to combat pandemic diseases.
Dr Ihsanoglu urged member countries to follow the example of some in the OIC members in providing financial aid in the fight against pandemic diseases in infected OIC member countries.
Among the donors which he cited were Malaysia for contributing US$1mil (RM3.5mil) towards eradicating polio, Iran for loaning US$7mil (RM24.5mil) to support eradication of malaria in Sudan and Senegal, and the United Arab Emirates for providing support in kind to combat the spread of polio in Yemen.
The just-concluded donor conference on Niger, for ridding food insecurity resulting in malnutrition, received a pledge of US$366mil (RM1.3bil) from conference participants.
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The Inquisitor
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Unfortunately, I don't see many other countries helping those areas. Of course the US merely discusses holding money back from them, or pushing a third country (Ethiopia in this case) to attack Somalia. The UN should be taking the lead in supplying medical supplies and survival needs to the refugees of both countries.
I do applaud Iran for all their help, though. That is a great thing that isn't even discussed in the US.
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obmar
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No. I dont expect Americans to get such news, about Iran/
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