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President appreciates WHO's coordinating role in global health issues

Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc spoke highly of the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s coordinating role in addressing global health issues during a meeting with Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghegreyesus at WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 28.
President appreciates WHO's coordinating role in global health issues ảnh 1President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (right) has a meeting with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghegreyesus (left) at WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 28. (Photo: VNA)

Geneva (VNA) – Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc spoke highly of the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s coordinating role in addressing global health issues during a meeting with Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghegreyesus at WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 28.

The meeting also saw the presence of Seth Berkley, CEO of the Vaccine Alliance (GAVI),and Aurélia Nguyen, Managing Director of the COVAX Facility.

President Phuc said WHO has set healthcare standards andguidelines and provided technical support for countries in responding to publichealth emergencies and building capacity in coping with pandemics.

President appreciates WHO's coordinating role in global health issues ảnh 2President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (left) shakes hands with Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghegreyesus. (right). (Photo: VNA)

The President voiced his support for the COVAX Facility and its operators,including WHO and GAVI, in promoting equitable and timely access to COVID-19vaccines globally. He also took the occasion to announce that Vietnam will contribute an additional 500,000 USD to the COVAX Facility, raising its total voluntarydonation to the vaccine-sharing scheme to 1 million USD.

He proposed WHO, GAVI and COVAX Facility to help Vietnamenhance the capacity of its healthcare system and immunization while seekingtheir support for Vietnam to become a hub for m-RNA vaccine technology transferand a vaccine production base for the Western Pacific region.

The Vietnamese leader also expected WHO to offer technical assistancefor Vietnam’s home-grown COVID-19 vaccine Nano Covax to join its global clinicaltrial programme./.

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