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CAIRO: Federal Minister for National Health Services Abdul Qadir Patel has said his government is ensuring effective measures under a coordinated strategy to completely eradicate polio from the country.
Speaking to Chris Elias, President of Global Development of Gates Foundation in Cairo, he said the government of Pakistan under the leadership of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was determined to eliminate the polio virus from the country.
Earlier, Qadir Patel arrived in Cairo to participate in the 69th Regional Mediterranean Conference of the World Health Organization (WHO).
The Health Ministers of Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Egypt, UAE, Bahrain, Libya, Jordan, Palestine, Sudan, Iran, Tunisia, and other countries of the Amro Region are also participating in the conference.
