Soeharto to open int'l health congress in Bali

Soeharto to open int'l health congress in Bali

JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto is scheduled to open the
seventh international congress of the World Federation of Public
Health Association in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Dec. 4.

Kusdinar Achmad, a member of the organizing committee, told
The Jakarta Post yesterday that about 1,000 representatives of
public health associations from 60 countries are expected to take
part in the five-day conference.

The conference, to be held under the theme of "Health,
Economics and Development: Working Together for Change", will be
hosted by the Indonesian Public Health Association and co-
sponsored by the World Health Organization, Pan American Health
Organization, United Nations Children's Fund, United Nations
Population Funds and the United Nations Development Programme.

Kusdinar said that the conference will feature Minister of
Health Sujudi, State Minister of Population Haryono Suyono and
Minister of Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja as speakers.

The keynote speech will be delivered by the director general
of WHO, Nakajima, he said.

Kusdinar said that the conference, the first ever conducted in
Indonesia, will discuss the latest medical developments.

"Over 140 papers from representatives of the public health
associations will be discussed at the conference," he said. (hhr)