Health ministers from member countries of the West African Health Organisation are expected to meet next week in Burkina Faso to draw up a five-year regional strategic health plan, PANA reported official sources in the capital Ouagadougou as saying on Sunday. In preparation for the 8-9 November ministerial meeting, due to take place at the organisation's headquarters in Bobo Dioulasso some 350 km west of the capital, health directors from member countries held a meeting in mid--October to discuss strategy planning for the 2002-2006 period and other key issues, PANA reported. The West African Health Organisation is made up of 15 countries in the region.
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