PRINCE ABDULAZIZ BIN AHMED BIN ABDULAZIZ, HEAD OF THE REGIONAL BUREAU AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE EAST MEDITERRANEAN BUREAU OF THE INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR COMBATING TRACHOMA, COMMENDED THE MINISTERS OF HEALTH OF GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COUNTRIES' POSITION SUPPORTING SAUDI ARABIA'S PROPOSAL TO WORK FOR MAKING PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS AS A PRIORITY FOR THE WORK OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. IN A SPEECH HE DELIVERED TODAY WHILE ATTENDING THE 62ND CONFERENCE OF GCC HEALTH MINISTERS, PRINCE ABDULAZIZ ADDED THAT SERIOUS STEPS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO ACTIVATE IN THE GCC COUNTRIES THE 2020 VISION INITIATIVE WHICH ULTIMATELY AIMS AT ERADICATING BLINDNESS BY 2020.
