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22 May 2013

Zharko suggests Belarus healthcare system as pilot space for WHO projects

Zharko suggests Belarus healthcare system as pilot space for WHO projects

MINSK, 22 May (BelTA) – Healthcare Minister Vasily Zharko suggests using the Belarusian healthcare system as pilot space for the projects of the World Health Organization. The Belarusian official made this statement at a plenary meeting of the 66th session of the World Health Assembly on 21 May, BelTA learnt from the Foreign Ministry of Belarus.

Vasily Zharko, who leads the Belarusian delegation at the Assembly, has supported the idea of the World Health Organization on improving public health worldwide, enhancing availability and the quality of medical assistance. The minister also took note of positive dynamics in the reduction of child, infant and maternal mortality in Belarus, which has been achieved thanks to timely measures to improve reproductive health among the population, maternal and child health protection. Vasily Zharko emphasized the fight against the spreading of non-infectious diseases as one of the priority goals for the Belarusian healthcare.

“The Minister expressed gratitude to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for financing a number of projects in Belarus. He also suggested holding an international conference on the issues of grants of the Global Fund in Minsk and called on the World Health Organization to use Belarus’ healthcare system “as a pilot space" for the WHO projects to enhance healthcare systems,” the Foreign Ministry said.

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