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Summit of Arab League adopts strategy on health and environment

Dhahran (Saudi Arabia), May 16 (UNI) Arab Leaders, during the Summit of the Arab League convened in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia on April 15, adopted the Arab strategy on health and the environment and its strategic action guideline (2017–2030).
Developed by the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean and WHO Regional Centre for Environmental Health Action (CEHA), and endorsed by all Arab States through the Council of Arab Health Ministers and the Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for the Environment, the implementation of the strategy and its strategic action guideline will be followed-up jointly by the two Arab ministerial councils, a WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region report on Wednesday said.
WHO estimates that environmental degradation is causing over 628000 premature fatalities annually and 24 million disability adjusted life-years (DALYs), representing 23 per cent of total deaths in the Arab region and increasing to 26 per cent in children under five years of age.
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