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Dr. Hala Zayed, Minister of Health and Population, chaired the third session of the meeting on population health and population control and drugs under the theme "Africa Beyond the Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation for an Integrated and Balanced Strategy to Fight the World Drug Problem ".
Christina Albertin, Representative of the Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Patrick Ollentot, Director and Secretary, Ministry of the Interior, Government of Kenya , African Ministers of Drug Control and international representatives of international organizations.
Mr. Hala Zayed stressed that it was important to step up efforts to fight against terrorism, which deprives the people of one of the essential life principles recommended by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, President of the Republic and President of the African Union, as one of the most important human rights.
During the meeting, Mr. Zayed explained that the African continent was a young continent and that young people were the most vulnerable to the danger of drugs. Therefore, sanctions should be intensified and international laws enacted to limit their spread and re-examine Egypt's experience with legislation allowing random testing of drugs for all workers in the country.
The minister urged African countries to follow Egypt in this step, recommending the distribution of drug and narcotic drug lists with all relevant ministries, including the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Justice. Income, to include updated lists of drugs in response to the World Health Organization.
For her part, Cristina Albertin confirmed that the results of the meetings of the specialized technical committee testify to the determination of the African countries to tackle the drug problem on the continent.
She also stressed that the meeting of counter-narcotics officials in Geneva aimed to strengthen the African common voice to fight the drug problem and to make political commitments to drug reduction.
The meeting was chaired by Dr. Zayed Shakanda, Deputy Minister of Planning and Reform of State Hospitals of Sierra Leone, and Dr. Mohamed Mirawi, Minister of Health and Population Reform and hospitals in Algeria.
Unemployment is one of the most important factors of population growth and states should reduce the number and encourage employment, which would help reduce fertility rates.
She explained that Egypt was supporting the population conference to be held next November in Nairobi, Kenya's capital city, calling on all civil society organizations, the private sector, public authorities and all concerned parties. to support this conference which will address the issue of the population 25 years after the Cairo conference of 1994.
It should be noted that a number of African countries participating in the Third Meeting of the Specialized Technical Committee on Health, Population and Drug Control have announced their willingness to sign the agreement of the United States. African Medicines Agency AMA, which aims to standardize the purchase of medicines.
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