Vietnam pledges to further raise its health care management capacityto effectively implement projects funded by internationalnon-governmental organisations (INGOs), Deputy Minister of Public HealthNguyen Viet Tien has said.
Deputy Minister Tienmade the statement at a meeting between the Ministry of Public Health(MoPH) and INGOs on Dec. 13 in Hanoi .
Themeeting aims to promote dialogues, information exchange and discussionson raising INGOs’ role in implementing development goals of the healthsector.
By mid 2009, more than 100 INGOs hadfinanced 450 health care programmes and projects. By June last year, theMoPH had managed 122 NGOs-funded projects, worth nearly 115 millionUSD.
These projects focused on scientific research,personnel training, disease prevention, charitable operation, andinformation technology assistance.
INGOs projects contributed to upgrading infrastructure and improving the quality of health care services.
Deputy Minister Tien said the Vietnamese Government pursues a policyof strengthening international cooperation and creating favourableconditions for INGOs to effectively operate in the country.
On behalf of INGOs, Lotta Sylwander, Chief Representative of theUnited Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) affirmed willingness to joinMoPH in to realising health care strategies and plans./.