Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Geneva (VNA) – Deputy HealthMinister Le Quang Cuong and a Vietnamese Health Ministry delegation had workingsessions with foreign partners on the sidelines of the 71st WorldHealth Assembly held in Geneva, Switzerland from May 21-26.
During a working session with the Ministryof Health and Welfare of the Republic of Korea, both sides agreed to completebilateral health care cooperation documents scheduled for signing during theupcoming visit by the RoK Minister of Health and Welfare.
The RoK side also pledged to shareexperience in granting vocational licenses to Vietnamese medical officials.
In another working session, Director of theWorld Health Organisation (WHO)’s Global Tuberculosis Programme Tereza Kasaeva laudedVietnam’s achievements in tuberculosis prevention.
She wished Vietnam would share itsexperience with countries hit by the disease and attend the UN General AssemblyHigh-Level Meeting on Ending Tuberculosis between now and 2030, scheduled for thisSeptember in New York.
The Deputy Health Minister also attended aministerial meeting on ending malaria in the Greater Mekong Sub-region initiatedby China and Sri Lanka. Ministers adopted a statement calling for actions toeliminate malaria in the region between now and 2030.
Director of the Health Ministry’sInternational Cooperation Department Tran Thi Giang Huong met withrepresentatives from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), discussingthe IAEA’s support to Vietnam from 2020-2021, including in human resourcestraining, early cancer diagnosis and radiotherapies.
The IAEA and WHO working delegations willarrive in Vietnam in the near future to build a cooperation programme on cancerprevention in the country.
Director of the US’s Resolve to Save LivesInitiative Tom Frieden unveiled a plan to work with Vietnamese partners tobuild a project on fighting high blood pressure in several Vietnamese citiesand provinces.
The initiative’s delegation plans to arrivein Vietnam this July. The project has been successfully piloted in China,Thailand and Sri Lanka.
The Vietnamese Health Ministry delegationmet their Thai counterparts to discuss Vietnam’s plan to host the 10th Asia-Pacific Action Alliance on Human Resources for Health Conference slatedfor this November.
On the sidelines of the World HealthAssembly, Vietnam co-sponsored the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Sweden’sinitiative to hold an event on antibiotic resistance, during which Huong sharedVietnam’s efforts in fighting antibiotic resistance.
Director of the National Lung HospitalNguyen Viet Nhung joined an executive board of a sideline event on looking to endtuberculosis to achieve all-population health care coverage initiated by SouthAfrica and Russia.
The Vietnamese delegation made activecontributions to the World Health Assembly’s agenda, proving the country’sresponsibility and heightened role in the most important forum on global healthcare, raising developing countries’ voice in building and planning globalhealth care policies.-VNA
During a working session with the Ministryof Health and Welfare of the Republic of Korea, both sides agreed to completebilateral health care cooperation documents scheduled for signing during theupcoming visit by the RoK Minister of Health and Welfare.
The RoK side also pledged to shareexperience in granting vocational licenses to Vietnamese medical officials.
In another working session, Director of theWorld Health Organisation (WHO)’s Global Tuberculosis Programme Tereza Kasaeva laudedVietnam’s achievements in tuberculosis prevention.
She wished Vietnam would share itsexperience with countries hit by the disease and attend the UN General AssemblyHigh-Level Meeting on Ending Tuberculosis between now and 2030, scheduled for thisSeptember in New York.
The Deputy Health Minister also attended aministerial meeting on ending malaria in the Greater Mekong Sub-region initiatedby China and Sri Lanka. Ministers adopted a statement calling for actions toeliminate malaria in the region between now and 2030.
Director of the Health Ministry’sInternational Cooperation Department Tran Thi Giang Huong met withrepresentatives from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), discussingthe IAEA’s support to Vietnam from 2020-2021, including in human resourcestraining, early cancer diagnosis and radiotherapies.
The IAEA and WHO working delegations willarrive in Vietnam in the near future to build a cooperation programme on cancerprevention in the country.
Director of the US’s Resolve to Save LivesInitiative Tom Frieden unveiled a plan to work with Vietnamese partners tobuild a project on fighting high blood pressure in several Vietnamese citiesand provinces.
The initiative’s delegation plans to arrivein Vietnam this July. The project has been successfully piloted in China,Thailand and Sri Lanka.
The Vietnamese Health Ministry delegationmet their Thai counterparts to discuss Vietnam’s plan to host the 10th Asia-Pacific Action Alliance on Human Resources for Health Conference slatedfor this November.
On the sidelines of the World HealthAssembly, Vietnam co-sponsored the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Sweden’sinitiative to hold an event on antibiotic resistance, during which Huong sharedVietnam’s efforts in fighting antibiotic resistance.
Director of the National Lung HospitalNguyen Viet Nhung joined an executive board of a sideline event on looking to endtuberculosis to achieve all-population health care coverage initiated by SouthAfrica and Russia.
The Vietnamese delegation made activecontributions to the World Health Assembly’s agenda, proving the country’sresponsibility and heightened role in the most important forum on global healthcare, raising developing countries’ voice in building and planning globalhealth care policies.-VNA
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