OIC Health Ministers Meet To Focus On Immunization, Vaccine Production

KUALA LUMPUR, June 7 - The inaugural 2007 OIC Health Ministers Conference Malaysia will be hosting next week will focus on immunization to combat preventable diseases and vaccine production among Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) member states.

The conference secretariat's head Datuk Dr Nor Shahidah Khairullah said in statement here today that it would also discuss measures to be taken to reduce infant mortality rates in OIC countries.

The four-day conference, beginning June 12, will be held at the and Spa in Hotel Sunway Lagoon Resort, Bandar Sunway near here.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who is the current chairman of the OIC, is scheduled to open it on June 14.