Ministers of Health of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Member States has hailed the serious and operational steps of the Government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, represented by the Ministry of Health, for the establishment of the Saudi Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Saudi CDC). They pointed out that the Saudi CDC will play a vital role in combating and controlling diseases. This came during a meeting of the GCC's Council of Health Ministers on the sidelines of the 69th conference of the World Health General Assembly currently holding in Geneva.