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EU-funded programme helps improve Vietnam’s health sector

A budget support programme for Vietnam’s health sector funded by the European Union (EU) was reviewed in a ceremony held by the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Hanoi on May 8.
EU-funded programme helps improve Vietnam’s health sector ảnh 1Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Viet Tien speaks at the event (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) -  A budget support programmefor Vietnam’s health sector funded by the European Union (EU) was reviewed in aceremony held by the C(MoH)  in Hanoi on May 8.

The EU has worked closely and provided significance assistance for Vietnam’s healthsector, including the programme which has been performed since 2011.

With a total budget of up to 3.5 trillion VND (149.8 million USD), the programme hasfocused on supporting poor localities with a large number of ethnic minoritypeople, with the aims of expanding the coverage of health insurance cards, trainingmedical workers, repairing and upgrading healthcare facilities, supplying basichealth equipment, and improving the quality and management of hospitals.

Speaking at the event, Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Viet Tien highlighted the significantoutcomes of the programme, saying that it has made important contributions to completingsustainable development goals in Vietnam, promoting universal health insurance,and bettering the capacity to ensure health service quality at all levels.

It also helps Vietnam built action policies of the health sector for the2016-2020 period, he said and asked the EU to continue supporting the healthsector of Vietnam in the third phase of the project.

Beneficiarylocalities have taken many measures to increase the number of people buying healthinsurance. To date, most of near poor people have had health insurance with theincreasing rate, reaching 88.1 percent. Localities have allocated budgets tocoordinate with EU sources for providing non-refundable partial aid or 30percent of the price of health insurance cards.

In addition, access to services by people has been improved. The number of communehealth stations having doctors rises, attracting more and more people to comefor medical examination and treatment.

The EU has invested over 1.4 trillion VND to build and upgrade 395 communehealth stations in difficult areas; provide medical equipment for districthospitals, helped train health workers; and build satellite hospital networks,contributing to reducing hospital overloading.-VNA
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