Indonesia signs 8 bilateral agreements to promote health transformation
The Indonesian Health Ministry recently signed eight bilateral agreements with other countries to promote the health transformation, according to the country's Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin.
Hanoi(VNA) - The Indonesian Health Ministry recently signed eight bilateralagreements with other countries to promote the health transformation, accordingto the country's Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin.
The country reachedthe first deal with the Republic of Korea at the second G20 Health MinisterialMeeting in Bali on October 27–28, on the expansion of medical services and the cooperationin the pharmaceuticals sector and hospitals.
In the framework ofthe second agreement, Indonesia agrees to exchange information with SouthAfrica on how to improve mRNA and genomics, the minister said.
In the thirdagreement, Saudi Arabia will grant 5 million USD for meningitis medicines andvaccines for Hajj and Umrah travelers, while the United Arab Emirates agrees toprovide 10 million USD for tuberculosis control.
The fourth agreementcovers study of potential collaboration between Indonesia and Spain.
Under the fifth one,Indonesia is to receive support from the Netherlands to enhance its capacityrelated to VTD and receive knowledge in drug management and supervision. Indonesiawas invited to be the co-chair of the World Local Production Forum in 2023 bythe Netherlands.
The sixth one is withGermany regarding a nurse training programme to increase Indonesian nursesworking in Germany.
The seventh one pertainsto cooperation with the United States through the exploration of a ARPA-H researchcentre under the coordination of the US National Institute of Health (NIH), andsponsorship for cooperation between hospitals of the two sides.
Finally, under theeighth agreement, Indonesia and Brazil will collaborate on vaccines, surveillanceof infectious diseases and the handling of arboviruses, as well as efforts toreduce malaria./.
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