Litzman talks emergency preparedness, junk food with WHO chief

Health Minister Yaakov Litzman meets with World Health Organization director general Margaret Chan today in Jerusalem to discuss integrating Israel’s emergency preparedness capabilities into an international aid system, according to a statement from Litzman’s office.

The two discuss emergency preparedness and health promotion initiatives, including Chan’s own push on healthy eating.

Health Minister Yaakov Litzman meets with World Health Organization Director General Margaret Chan, April 11, 2016. (Courtesy)

“Our activities in the field of health promotion are of utmost importance,” Chan says, according to the Hebrew-language statement from the Health Ministry.

“I know you are a partner in my initiative to combat junk food,” Chan is quoted as saying.