Israel will be represented by a delegation of four at the World Health Assembly, the annual conference of the World health Organization, which will convene at Minneapolis next week for a three-week session.
Israel Barzilai, Israel’s Minister of Health, heads the delegation. The other representatives for Israel are: Dr. Simon Btesh, director general of the Ministry of Health; Dr. Shaul Symon, deputy director general, and Mrs. Tamar Shoham-Sharon, a member of Israel’s permanent delegation to the United Nations.
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