FIRST LADY KH.BOLORMAA PARTAKES IN HIGH-LEVEL MEETING

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ First Lady of Mongolia Mrs. Kh.Bolormaa has attended a high-level meeting entitled “Prevention and control of non-communicable diseases” held in the UN Headquarters, New York City. Within the meeting, as a leader of the “Trust” National Fund for Cancer-free Mongolia Mrs. Bolormaa has held meetings with several experts of some countries with aims to intensify activities combating against cancers and to support it. For example, Mrs. Bolormaa has discussed matters on conducting vaccination against cancers of women in Mongolia, with Mrs. Laura Efros, a director of the U.S Vaccine Public Policy; and its executive director Joan Benson. Furthermore, Mrs. Bolormaa has proposed the U.S Merck Company to supply vaccines to Mongolia at a discounted price. Present at these meetings were S.Lambaa, the Minister of Health; A.Monkhtaivan, a director of health project at the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC); and E.Erdene, an executive director of the national fund.

B.Khuder