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Health Ministry, AstraZeneca Vietnam cooperate in building sustainable health system

The Ministry of Health and AstraZeneca Vietnam on March 8 signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation under which they will work with partners to promote existing and new programmes to improve public awareness of diseases, prevention, and early detection.
Health Ministry, AstraZeneca Vietnam cooperate in building sustainable health system ảnh 1Representatives of the Health Ministry and AstraZeneca at the MoU signing ceremony in Hanoi on March 8. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Health and AstraZenecaVietnam on March 8 signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation underwhich they will work with partners to promote existing and new programmes toimprove public awareness of diseases, prevention, and early detection.

In particular, they will cooperate in such programmes as “Forhealthy lungs”, which aims to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and managementof asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease andlung cancer; a programme helping the youth adopt a healthy lifestyle to preventnon-communicable diseases; CareMe, which aims to consolidate the system caringfor cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic diseases; the second phase of acooperation programme for the sustainability and resilience of Vietnam’s healthsystem; and another on strengthening the capacity of the clinical research andtesting system in the country.

At the signing ceremony in Hanoi, Deputy Minister ofHealth Nguyen Thi Lien Huong said surmounting different waves of COVID-19infections, Vietnam’s health system has proved its responsiveness andresilience to contain and safely and flexibly adapt to the pandemic.

However,the system has been heavily affected by the pandemic as well as lingeringchallenges such as the burden of non-communicable diseases, population aging, thelimited capacity of grassroots healthcare establishments, and the shortage of medicalworkers.

To achieve universal health coverage as part of theSustainable Development Goals, Vietnam's health system needs to bereinforced comprehensively with better capacity and efficiency towards anequal, efficient, quality, and sustainable system that meets all people’shealthcare demand, she went on.

Appreciating AstraZeneca’s assistance for Vietnam’s healthsector, especially in the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccinestrategy, Huong described the MoU signing as an important landmark in bilateralcooperation and expressed her hope that the relevant parties will work togethereffectively to obtain the set targets.

Leon Wang, AstraZeneca Executive Vice Presidentfor International Markets, said the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change hasshown the importance of protecting and building a sustainable and resilient healthsystem, which is a common target requiring public - private partnerships alongwith inter-sectoral and multinational coordination./.
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