6th Asean Health Ministers Meeting

7 March 2002

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07 Mar 2002

The 6th ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting will be held in Vientiane, Lao PDR from 14th to 15th March 2002. It will be preceded by a Senior Officials' Meeting from 11th to 13th March 2002.

Singapore will be represented by the Minister of State for Health & the Environment, Dr Balaji Sadasivan. He will be accompanied by three senior officials from the Ministry of Health.

The Meeting will discuss among other issues the development of a regional work plan to promote Healthy ASEAN Lifestyles. This is part of the framework for Healthy ASEAN 2020, which was adopted at the 5th ASEAN Health Minister's meeting in Yogyakarta in April 2000.