Kuwait, April 09, 2019, SPA -- Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GGC) Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani participated here today in the inaugural session of the GCC Health Council's conference entitled "Sustainable Health Care in the GCC Countries ... Challenges and Future Directions" and the accompanying exhibition, organized by the GCC Health Council, in the presence and participation of a number of ministers, senior officials, and health experts. The conference will discuss a number of issues related to the provision of health care in the GCC countries and the challenges facing them, a number of topics related to the future directions in the field of health care in the GCC countries in light of the ambitious national visions and the roles of academia and information technology in joint GCC development plans in the area of sustainable health care, as well as the role of civil society associations in the health care sustainability. --SPA 19:15 LOCAL TIME 16:15 GMT 0018 www.spa.gov.sa/w1082476