A two-day conference of medical and sanitary institutions “Cooperation of the participating countries of the Non-Aligned Movement on issues of preparedness and counteraction to emerging threats in the field of public health” was opened in Ashgabat, reports the electronic version of the “Neutral Turkmenistan” newspaper.
Organized at the initiative of Turkmenistan in partnership with WHO, the event is held in a hybrid format with the participation of international experts and specialists from UN partner agencies and representatives of medical and sanitary institutions of foreign countries.
The initiative to hold a special conference was previously voiced by the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov at the Summit of the Contact Group of the Non-Aligned Movement to combat COVID-19, which was held in Baku in March 2023.
In his congratulatory address to the conference participants, the head of the Turkmen state expressed his firm belief that this event will be of great importance in coordinating efforts to further strengthen and intensify cooperation for the systematic improvement of work in the field of medicine and sanitation.