Friday 16th February Part 1

We began the day with a courtesy visit to the Minister of Health, and met his permanent secretary. The MoH didn’t appear at a single meeting or function the whole of the time I was there, causing some offence to others (eg the Minister of Health from Sierra Leone) who had made the effort to come. It was also very peculiar as he was barely mentioned. The Minister for Education stood in for him, but there was no apology made. The President is currently on a rather bizarre campaign saying that he can cure AIDS and asthma via a new herbal concoction, so perhaps the MOH was involved in this.

The Sheikh Zayed Foundation arrived around lunchtime, having travelled via Ethiopia and Nigeria. A long and exhausting trip from Abu Dhabi.