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Vietnam, South Africa share experience in health care

Officials from the central board of health care and protection have shared experience in taking care of public health with South African counterparts during a visit from August 11-17.
Officials from the central board of health care and protection haveshared experience in taking care of public health with South Africancounterparts during a visit from August 11-17.

Thedelegation, led by head of the board Nguyen Quoc Trieu, also studied thehost country’s healthcare system and incentives as well asopportunities and challenges in the field.

South African experts hailed the health cooperation between Vietnam and African countries.

The delegation made a tour of several local hospitals, including theMediclinic and Military Hospital No.1 in Pretoria, where PresidentNelson Mandela received medical care before he passed away at the age of94 last December.-VNA
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