SANAA, Oct. 29 (YPA) – Prime Minister Dr. Abdulaziz Saleh bin Habtoor discussed on Saturday in Sanaa with the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (Gavi)’s Regional Director, Anne Cronin, who are currently visiting Yemen, aspects of existing cooperation to support the health sector.
They touched on the possibility of Gavi’s support for establishing a national laboratory to test the safety of vaccines, in addition to providing medicines in health facilities.
The Prime Minister appreciated Gavi efforts to support the health sector at the national level in the field of early immunization against diseases, especially among children.
In turn, Cronin praised the partnership relations between the Gavi and the Salvation Government represented by the Ministry of Public Health and Population in the field of immunization, and the strengthening of health care efforts.
She pointed out the importance of this effort to protect children from many diseases, emphasizing that the vaccine that children in Europe receive is the same vaccine that Yemeni children and others around the world receive.
