Health minister discusses cooperation with USAID

WASHINGTON, March 13 (Saba)- Minister of Public Health and

Population Abdul-Karim Rase discussed on Thursday in Washington with

head of the Near Middle East Department at the US Agency for

International Development (USAID) George Lawnado aspects of current

cooperation between Yemen and the agency, specially in the health

sector.



During the meeting, Rase praised the support presented by the agency

for development in Yemen and health sector in particular, wishing

this support to get continued and increased.



For his part, the USAID official voiced readiness of the agency to

increase allocations for development of Yemen, noting the strong

relations between Yemen and the United States of America.



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