Present were officials of the Ministry of Public Health, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Education Commission and media organs and health workers in Pyongyang, the representative of the World Health Organization and members of its mission and others of missions of international bodies here.

Speeches were made at the event.

Speakers noted that the WHO set the combating antimicrobial resistance as subject for this year.

They stressed the need to suitably use sensitive antimicrobial medicines and solve the problems related to this.

The participants watched a video on the combating antimicrobial resistance and enjoyed a performance given by a hygienic information team of health workers.

Intensive hygienic information activities were conducted in different provinces of the country on the same occasion.