UNION Minister for Health and Sports, Dr Myint Htwe, led a
delegation to attend World Health Summit 2019 in Berlin, Germany, from 27 to 29
October.
The Union Minister attended meetings related to
antimicrobial resistance, the role of A.I. in healthcare protection,
sustainable healthcare systems, and comprehensive healthcare accessible by all
of society.
The Union Minister also led the meeting on providing
sustainable access to treatment for noncommunicable diseases alongside the
Ugandan Health Minister. In that meeting, the Union Minister discussed has the
same rate of noncommunicable disease occurrences as other Southeast Asian
nations but also has to deal with the same consequences of the diseases as in
developed countries. He said Myanmar is implementing its National Healthcare
Project (2017-2021) to combat noncommunicable diseases.
The Union Minister said Myanmar is implementing the Package
of Essential Service of NCD (PEN Project) in collaboration with WHO, EU, INGOs,
and World Diabetes Foundation. He thanked Defeat NCD for creating a marketplace
platform to acquire necessary medicine and medical apparatuses at a reasonable
price.
The Union Minister said Myanmar has rural healthcare
departments throughout the nation that opens weekly clinics for examining and
treating diabetes and hypertension for free, in addition to implementing
preventive measures against to cardiac and arterial diseases. He said
developing countries should coordinate with companies to reduce the sugar
content in snacks and beverages.
Afterwards, the Union Minister gave an interview to DW
public broadcaster where he answered to questions on polio and noncommunicable
diseases.
Next, the Union Minister met with Prof Yik-Ying of
Singapore’s Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and discussed opening
training courses to develop Myanmar’s health economics studies, updating the
curriculum of the University of Public Health (Yangon), Myanmar’s involvement
in the global burden of disease study, and collaboration in mother and child
healthcare with assistance from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
In addition, the Union Minister also met with Global Health
Project Leader Prof Espen of the University of Oslo, Norway, and discussed
further funding from the Norwegian Government for scholarships and implementing
a post-doctoral fellowship program.
MNA
(Translated by Zaw Htet Oo)
Photo: MNA
Ref: The Global New Light of Myanmar
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