The Vice Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Prince Sultan Ibn Abdul-Aziz has sent a cable of thanks to Minister of Health Dr Abdullah Al-Rabee'a and the personnel of the Health Ministry after reading the annual report on parasitic infectious diseases for the year 2009. In his reply cable, he expressed appreciation for the efforts exerted by the health minister and the ministry's personnel in fighting these diseases. In the annual report, Dr al-Rabee'a said the Kingdom's provinces witnessed in 2009 a tangible decline in the rate of the aforesaid diseases due to the successful vaccination campaigns.