Hanoi (VNA) – Director-General of the WorldHealth Organisation (WHO) Margaret Chan suggested that Vietnam should pay moreattention to working together with WHO in preventive medicine to preventdiseases and accidents at her meeting with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc inHanoi on April 10.  

She said that Vietnam should strengthen the trainingof general doctors, especially family doctors, to enhance the quality ofprimary health care and reduce health care cost and hospital overload.

The WHO leader said that Vietnam should form anindependent agency to evaluate the quality of medicines and new health caretechnology, while designing strict regulations on the granting of licences todoctors as well as making regular assessment to ensure the quality of theirprofessional operation.

Highlighting the significant role of the privatesector in health care, she recommended that Vietnam should issue stringent rulespertaining to management and governance, ensuring the quality and effectivenessof the sector.

Congratulating Vietnam on its inclusive socio-economicattainments, Magaret Chan praised the country’s close coordination with the WHOrepresentative office over the past years, especially in updating and applyingadvances in the world in the field.

She pledged that WHO will continue advising andsupporting Vietnam and expressed her belief that the country will continuemaking more achievements in the care for people’s health.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc spoke highly of the organisation’sefforts for a healthier world, as well as its cooperation with the healthsector of Vietnam.

He affirmed that the Vietnamese Government alwaysattaches great importance to the caring and protection of people’s health,while thanking Magaret Chan for effective recommendations and consultations onthe operation of Vietnam’s health sector.

As a developing country, Vietnam hopes for WHO’s continuoussupport in health technology and profession, especially in preventive medicine,contributing to modernizing and completing the Vietnam’s health care system, reducingthe ratio of disease infections and fatalities, and increasing people’s longevity.

PM Phuc said that Vietnam is working to develop itspharmaceutical sector to tap the country’s diverse and precious herbal plants.

The Vietnamese Government has also issued manyregulations to reduce the use of alcohol and cigarette in public places toprotect the public health.

Highly valuing Chan’s recommendation in developing a familydoctor system, the Government leader stated that Vietnam will also upgrade thecommunal health care system to better the quality of health care services for localsin rural areas.-VNA