Jerusalem, 22 December 1994
JOINT ISRAELI-JORDANIAN HEALTH COMMITTEE TO BEGIN DISCUSSIONS TODAY
(Communicated by Health Ministry Spokeswoman)
Deputy Health Minister MK Nawaf Masalha will head the Israeli delegation
to the Joint Israeli-Jordanian Health Committee. Other members of the
delegation include Health Ministry Deputy Director- General Dr. Boaz Lev;
Ms. Pnina Herzog, Health Ministry Director of International Relations; and
Dr. Yossi Bertz, who will replace Ms. Herzog, on 01.01.95.
At the end of August, the first Israeli-Jordanian Health Cooperation
Agreement was signed during bilateral talks in Jordan. The agreement
included general outlines for cooperation between the two countries
regarding environmental health and information on medicine.
Regarding environmental health, it was agreed that Israel and Jordan
would:
1. Transfer information regarding animal-transmitted diseases, methods to
treat them, and consider the possibility of establishing a joint testing
center;
2. Cooperate during natural disasters and accidents;
3. Cooperate in regard to poisons, such as trading samples and training
manpower.
In the field of medicine, it was agreed to exchange information regarding
standardization, expiration dates, and manpower.
The first meeting of the Joint Israeli-Jordanian Health Committee will be
held today (Thursday), 22.12.94, at 10:00 hours, at the Moriah Plaza hotel
in Tiberias. The next meeting will take place in Jordan.