Dr Hussain Abdul Rahman Al Rand, Assistant Undersecretary for the Public Health Sector, Ministry of Health and Prevention, emphasised the importance of hosting such an event to enhance global integrated surveillance for influenza and other respiratory viruses and boost health systems readiness to deal with them. He stressed that this session comes in line with the health sector’s ongoing efforts to prioritise prevention and safeguard public health, recognising it as a national imperative to improve the quality of life and well-being.
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