Belarus presents approaches to healthcare at SCO forum on traditional medicine in China

The main achievement of Belarusian health care is one hundred percent access of citizens to medical services, and the development of traditional Chinese medicine in Belarus has reached the state level. This was stated by Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Republic Igor Brilevich at the SCO forum on traditional medicine in China, the correspondent of the agency “Minsk-Novosti”.

- The interaction of our countries provides real opportunities for practical integration in the economy, digital space, science and humanitarian exchanges. Humanitarian cooperation and health care occupy a special place in our joint work, the parliamentarian stressed.

According to Brilevich, traditional medicine combines both the age-old wisdom of the peoples of the two countries and modern scientific approaches, and efforts to develop the medical industry are aimed at people.

“The All-Belarusian People’s Assembly approved the Program of Socio-Economic Development of the Republic of Belarus for 2026-2030, where one of the priority areas is national and demographic security and strengthening the health of the nation,” said the Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Republic.

According to him, the main achievement of Belarusian healthcare is the provision of one hundred percent access to medical services.

Belarusian doctors successfully perform complex organ transplant operations in all regional centers, performing about 500 such interventions annually. For more than two decades, a multi-level system of protecting the health of women and children has been effectively operating in the country, which provides one of the best birth safety indicators in the world, Brilevich said.

Scientists of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and specialized centers implement DNA technologies for early diagnosis of diseases and develop methods to combat antibiotic resistance. In the regions, telemedicine technologies are used to significantly improve diagnostics.

In recent years, cooperation between Belarus and China has reached an unprecedentedly high level, becoming an example of strategic partnership.

- One of the successful projects within the framework of China’s global initiative “One Belt, One Road” is the Great Stone Industrial Park, a pearl of the Silk Road, an example of mutually beneficial cooperation between Minsk and Beijing, said Brilevich. A cluster of medical products and biotechnologies is actively developing in Great Stone, Chinese companies are investing in the production of medical equipment, test systems and medicines.

According to him, the development of traditional Chinese medicine in Belarus has reached the state level: the country has officially approved the specialties of a reflex therapist and a doctor in traditional Chinese medicine. Belarusian doctors are trained and trained in China at the universities of Zhejiang, Changchun and Tianjin provinces.

Belarus and China regularly hold joint scientific and practical conferences, internships and exchange of experience, which increases the availability of innovations and high-tech assistance to citizens, the expert said.

He recalled that at the SCO summit in Bishkek, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko presented an initiative to establish a SCO scientific fund that would contribute to the integration of the potentials of scientists of the two countries.

- With this tool, we will be able to support innovative research projects in a wide variety of fields, including healthcare, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, he said. This step will unite the intellectual resources of the SCO countries and accelerate the transition to a knowledge economy. Our forum involves not only the expansion of cooperation between the SCO member states, but also the expansion of interregional cooperation.