Health minister highlights importance of supporting youth's effective participation in climate work

CAIRO – 13 November 2022: Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar has stressed the importance of supporting the youth's effective participation in the climate work.

Abdel Ghaffar's statements came in a meeting Sunday with World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Eastern Mediterranean Ahmad al-Manzari on the sidelines of the climate change conference COP27 to discuss cooperation between the two sides.

Health Ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said in a statement they discussed mechanisms of cooperation and the work paper on health adopted by Egypt during the world gathering as well as the commitments of countries towards health initiatives.