Third Meeting of the Steering Committee of the Islamic Conference of Health Ministers was held at the OIC Headquarters in Jeddah on 22-23 January 2011. The purpose of the Steering Committee Meeting was to review the actions taken on the resolutions adopted by the First and Second Islamic Conferences of Health Ministers (ICHM), and the preparation for the Third Islamic Conference of Health Ministers to be hosted by Kazakhstan in 2011. The meeting was attended by the members of the Steering Committee and SESRIC was represented by Dr. Savaş Alpay, Director General, and Mr. Mehmet F. Serenli, Director of Training and Technical Cooperation Department thereat.

The meeting reviewed the status of the implementation of the decisions of the Islamic Conferences of Health Ministers, and listened to the reports on actions taken by the Members of the Steering Committee in regard to polio eradication, combating malaria and communicable diseases in the OIC countries, vaccine and drug production, mother child health issues as well as cooperation with international partners.

For more information about the related events please visit the following web page: http://www.sesric.org/health