UST holds medical conference [Archives:2005/851/Local News]

Under the slogan “Toward a better healthy future”, the University of Science and Technology (UST) organized from June 12-14 a medical conference at the university's hospital in cooperation with the Yemeni Charitable Medical Association (YCMA).

The event was attended by a number of medicine faculty deans and medical establishments officials from over 40 Muslim, Arab, European, Asian and African countries.

Prof. Husni al-Jawsh'e, chairman of the conference, pointed out such an event gains great importance as it was held in the presence of scholars and researchers majored in different medical areas from across the world.

He added the conference coincided with the meeting of the Union of Faculties of Medicine in the Islamic Universities.

For his part, Prof. Alawi Ubeid, Dean, Faculty of Medical Sciences at the university confirmed the conference, annually held by his faculty, comes in the framework of the university's attention to develop the scientific research and pose at the barriers facing workers in the health sector in Yemen.

Prof. Ubeid mentioned that the local experts would profit from foreign experiences to improve methods of work in the health sector to serve their society.

He signaled out that the 3-day conference would discuss several themes and scientific papers represented by the role of civil community organizations in providing health care and fighting chronic epidemics in the developing countries such as the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
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