Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan Agree to Deepen Healthcare Cooperation, Propose Joint Training for 100 Doctors
Avaza, The Gulf Observer: Uzbekistan’s Minister of Health, Eldor Adilov, held talks with Kazakhstan’s Minister of Health, Akmaral Alnazarova, in Avaza, Turkmenistan, to discuss expanding bilateral cooperation in the health sector.
The two ministers welcomed the progress achieved in medical education, the professional development of doctors, the pharmaceutical industry, primary healthcare, and maternal and child health. They also reviewed several initiatives intended to raise bilateral cooperation to a new level.
Among the key proposals, the two sides suggested organising short-term training programmes for 100 doctors at leading medical institutions in both countries. The programmes would cover oncology, neurosurgery, transplantology, cardiac surgery and paediatrics.
The ministers also discussed improving primary healthcare and home-visiting services, strengthening cooperation between border regions, forecasting demand for certain medicines, and exploring opportunities to localise the production of those medicines.
