Saturday, October 31, 2009

WHO was present in the "Prince of Asturias"

Days behind delivered to themselves the awards the Prince of Asturias of the year 2009. As it will be remembered, a few months ago the jury of this award informed that the World Organization of the Health (WHO) the Prince of Asturias of International cooperation would receive the prestigious Award 2009. Next, this health blog will allude to the above mentioned event and to the speech realized by the number one of the international sanitary organism.

Head office of the WHO

Organized by the Foundation the Prince of Asturias, these important awards were delivered by the president of honor of this institution, the very same Prince of Asturias, D. Felipe de Borbón and Greece, in an event realized last week in the city of Oviedo, Spain.

Although from the last May it was known that the jury had awarded the Prize the Prince of Asturias of International cooperation 2009 to the World Organization of the Health, it was newly a few days ago that the award was delivered to the general manager of the WHO, doctor Margaret Chan.

In the frame of this event, and after receiving the hand distinction of the Prince of Asturias, the leader of the international organism realized a brief speech as gratitude for so important distinction.

Chan said that, across the received award, the Foundation the Prince of Asturias not only honors the organism but also to the intrinsic value of which all the persons enjoy good health, the importance of the international cooperation in the progress of the health and the need that there is more just the distribution of the benefits that produce the medical progresses, he reported the web site of the WHO.

It costs to clarify that the jury of the award decided to grant the award to the World Organization of the Health for redeeming a leadership function in the crucial sanitary matters in a world context in transformation, as informed in his moment the web page of the Foundation the Prince of Asturias, and he added that, between other things, also there was taken into consideration the aptitude to give technical support to the countries that need it.

It is important to add that, in the above mentioned occasion, also delivered to themselves the remaining awards the Prince of Asturias.

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