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The Secretary for Food and Health, Dr Ko Wing-man, will leave for Vietnam on Sunday evening (September 23) to attend the 63rd session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for the Western Pacific in Hanoi on September 24.
The meeting will discuss public health challenges that confront the region. Key issues for discussion include nutrition, violence and injury prevention, tobacco control, prevention of non-communicable disease, measles elimination, malaria, and other neglected tropical diseases.
On the margins of the meeting, Dr Ko will also meet the Singapore's Minister of Health, Mr Gan Kim Yong.
The Director of Health, Dr Constance Chan, will also join the Hong Kong delegation to attend the meeting.
Dr Ko will return to Hong Kong on Tuesday afternoon (September 25).
Ends/Friday, September 21, 2012
Issued at HKT 19:01
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