The 10th Iberoamerican Conference of Health Ministers began Friday in Salvador to discuss measures to improve sanitary conditions of young people and teenagers in the region.
According to reports reaching here from San Salvador, 19 health ministers or representatives from Latin America, Spain and Portugal attended the two-day meeting.
The ministers will work out a document to be presented to the 18th Iberoamerican Summit on Oct. 29-31 in San Salvador. The summit's slogan will be "Youth and Development."
Salvadoran Foreign Minister Marisol Argueta de Barilla said the projects must focus on "reaching the perspective that we share as a region, where the youth represents the strategic actor for the development."
Salvadoran Health Minister Guillermo Maza said Salvador's government will propose concrete actions for the welfare and the development of the region's youth.
It is necessary to achieve the unification of programs and to strengthen the compromise to boost the public policies in the health area, Maza said.
Spanish Director of Public Health Idelfonso Hernandez said his country is interested in including in the document education issues to improve sanitary conditions.
Source: Xinhua
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