Jordan Health Minister to Attend MECC Ministerial

UNCLAS AMMAN 003709 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: TBIO OTRA JO PBIO SUBJECT: Jordan Health Minister to Attend MECC Ministerial Ref: State 82773 ¶1. Post delivered reftel invitation from HHS Secretary Leavitt, with a covering letter from the Charge, to Minister of Health Said Darwazeh on May 9 to attend the Middle East Cancer Consortium Ministerial in Geneva on May 17. Deputy Secretary General for Hospital Affairs Samir Al-Kayed told SIPDIS ESTHOff on May 10 that Minister Darwazeh and Secretary General Sa'ad Kharabsheh will attend the ministerial. ¶2. BIO ON MINISTER DARWAZEH: Fluent English speaker, active, energetic and progressive, 48 years old, BA in Industrial Engineering from Purdue, MBA from France, President of Hikma Pharmaceuticals 1995-2003, Minister of Health since 2003, two recent trips to the United States as Health Minister. HALE