12 May 2006- Health minister Lyonpo Dr. Jigmi Singay will be leading a three-member delegation to the 59th annual World Health Assembly to be held from May 22 to 27.
Among a host of other important issues, the meet, which will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, will also discuss on HIV/AIDS, polio eradication, international trade and health, WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and intellectual property rights.
The Bhutanese delegation is also expected to attend a meet on global malaria programme.
Bhutan, currently being a member of the WHO's (World Health Organisation) executive board, will also attend the 118th executive board meeting from May 29 to June 1.
The assembly is the annual meeting of the WHO and is the supreme decision-making body for the organisation which have 192 nations as its members.
