KUALA LUMPUR: Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has been appointed as one of the five vice-presidents of the 75th World Health Assembly, which is ongoing in Geneva, Switzerland.
Khairy was appointed together with candidates from 4 different international locations particularly Bulgaria, Indonesia, Togo and the United States.
The video of the announcement was shared by Health Ministry to the native media on Sunday (May 22) evening.
Dimishtra Sittampalam, the advisor to the Health Minister, confirmed Khairy’s appointment in a tweet.
“He will characterize the Western Pacific area. This area consists of 37 international locations and represents greater than one-quarter of the world’s inhabitants,” he mentioned. – Bernama
:@Khairykj and @DGHisham on the Opening of the seventy fifth World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.
The theme of this yr’s Health Assembly is: Health for peace, peace for well being.
Malaysia can be taking over the Vice Presidency of the World Health Assembly. pic.twitter.com/npTUsUmBQa
— Dimishtra (@dimishtra) May 22, 2022
