Khairy named VP of next year’s World Health Assembly

Reports by MARTIN CARVALHO, RAHIMY RAHIM and TARRENCE TAN

KUALA LUMPUR: Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has been unanimously elected the vice-president of the upcoming 75th World Health Assembly (WHA) that takes place next May in Geneva.

Expressing his gratitude for the unanimous nomination by delegates as vice-president, Khairy said the voice of the Western Pacific region would be brought to the world assembly.