WHO chief to visit Belarus to study health system experience
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced his intention to visit Belarus. The corresponding agreement was reached at a meeting with Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov at the BRICS summit in New Delhi.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), plans to visit Belarus. The corresponding agreement was reached in New Delhi on the sidelines of the BRICS summit during the meeting of the WHO head with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Maxim Ryzhenkova, as reported by the press service of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry.
The ministry said that the upcoming visit will continue the development of practical cooperation between the republic and the international organization.
The purpose of the trip was to familiarize with national approaches to medical care for citizens, exchange experience in certain areas of medical care, as well as a deeper study of other Belarusian practices of interest to WHO.
Belarus actively cooperates with the World Organization on a wide range of issues: from the prevention of noncommunicable diseases to the implementation of joint projects in the field of maternal and child protection, immunization and the fight against tuberculosis. The date of the visit has not yet been specified.
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