IHP+ Ministerial Review Meeting, Geneva, 4th and 5th February

As Financial Crisis Worsens, Geneva Summit Pushes for Faster Health Progress

Geneva, February 5, 2009—With global trade expected to shrink in 2009 for the first time in 27 years and world growth also likely to slide to 0.9 percent, health ministers, aid and development agencies, and NGOs meeting in Geneva this week have appealed to aid donors to follow through on their foreign aid commitments for health during the crisis, citing the need to push for even faster progress in strengthening weak health systems in Africa and Asia. More >>

 Executive Chairman, Dr. Mahesh Kumar Maskey ( From left to fifth ) of Nepal Health Research Council to participate Ministerial Review Meeting, Geneva.