(right) receives Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Margaret Chan (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Director-General of the World
Health Organisation (WHO) suggested that Vietnam should pay more
attention to working together with WHO in preventive medicine to prevent
diseases and accidents at her meeting with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in
Hanoi on April 10.
She said that Vietnam should strengthen the training
of general doctors, especially family doctors, to enhance the quality of
primary health care and reduce health care cost and hospital overload.
The WHO leader said that Vietnam should form an
independent agency to evaluate the quality of medicines and new health care
technology, while designing strict regulations on the granting of licences to
doctors as well as making regular assessment to ensure the quality of their
professional operation.
Highlighting the significant role of the private
sector in health care, she recommended that Vietnam should issue stringent rules
pertaining to management and governance, ensuring the quality and effectiveness
of the sector.
Congratulating Vietnam on its inclusive socio-economic
attainments, Magaret Chan praised the country’s close coordination with the WHO
representative office over the past years, especially in updating and applying
advances in the world in the field.
She pledged that WHO will continue advising and
supporting Vietnam and expressed her belief that the country will continue
making more achievements in the care for people’s health.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc spoke highly of the organisation’s
efforts for a healthier world, as well as its cooperation with the health
sector of Vietnam.
He affirmed that the Vietnamese Government always
attaches great importance to the caring and protection of people’s health,
while thanking Magaret Chan for effective recommendations and consultations on
the operation of Vietnam’s health sector.
As a developing country, Vietnam hopes for WHO’s continuous
support in health technology and profession, especially in preventive medicine,
contributing to modernizing and completing the Vietnam’s health care system, reducing
the ratio of disease infections and fatalities, and increasing people’s longevity.
PM Phuc said that Vietnam is working to develop its
pharmaceutical sector to tap the country’s diverse and precious herbal plants.
The Vietnamese Government has also issued many
regulations to reduce the use of alcohol and cigarette in public places to
protect the public health.
Highly valuing Chan’s recommendation in developing a family
doctor system, the Government leader stated that Vietnam will also upgrade the
communal health care system to better the quality of services for locals
in rural areas.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
