The Director General of Executive Board of Health Ministers Council of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States, Dr. Tawfiq bin Ahmed Khoja, chaired here today the 76th meeting of the Council's Executive Commission. In an address, Dr. Tawfiq Khoja said that the meeting is to discuss a number of issues, including among others combating non-communicable diseases, the qualities of health care and patients safety, making Arabian Peninsula free from malaria, and combating smoking.