UNION Minister for Health Dr Thet Khaing Win attended the 27th International Economic Forum held in St Petersburg, Russia, on the morning of 7 June.
The Union
minister discussed the importance of health economics and resource allocation
to the health sector, as well as the ability to analyze the cost-benefit
analysis of health policies and healthcare activities. He presented excellent
and effective practices for investing in healthcare activities with the
changing business sector and issues of improving health and social quality of
life using technology.
He also
discussed issues such as vaccination to improve public health, providing health
education and achieving a healthy lifestyle.
Minister of
Health Dr Mikhail Murashko of the Russian Federation attended the meeting, and
nine international experts also participated as speakers.
In the
afternoon, the Union minister met Minister of Health Dr Mikhail Murashko and
the delegation at Conference Hall G 1.24 and discussed the issues of developing
a cooperation framework and developing the Myanmar-Russia bilateral health
sector.
They
discussed the issue of cooperation in medical education between the two
countries, including maternal and child healthcare and emergency health care,
as well as the import and production of modern drugs and medical equipment for
the treatment of cancer and other diseases produced in the Russian Federation.
They also
discussed issues related to the upgrading of Sao San Tun General Hospital and
cooperation in cancer treatment, the exchange of medical professionals’
experiences, and the ability to invite experts to medical conferences,
training, and meetings, and they exchanged souvenirs.
Next, the
Union minister and his delegation arrived at the Napalkov Cancer Centre in St
Petersburg on the morning of 8 June. They discussed the cooperation between the
two countries in the treatment of cancer with officials of the Napalkov Cancer
Centre.
As part of
the friendship and medical cooperation between the two countries, the Union
minister visited the cancer patient Maung Soe Min Thant, who is from Myanmar,
and gave words of encouragement, providing cash and foodstuffs to him.
In the
afternoon, the Union minister visited the Federal State Budgetary Institute
Granov Russian Scientific Centre of Radiology and Surgical Technologies and the
Federal State Budgetary Institute Nikiforov Russian Centre for Emergency and
Radiation Medicine.
Officials
explained the progress of modern cancer treatment with atomic radiation, the
use of radiation equipment, the production of nuclear radiation medicine, and
the emergency medical treatment and rehabilitation of radiation-affected
patients.
In the
evening, the Union minister visited the Polysan and Pharmasyntez pharmaceutical
manufacturing plants of the Russian Federation and discussed the issue of
cooperation with the state-owned and private pharmaceutical manufacturing
industries, as well as the ability to import and manufacture cancer treatment
drugs and other modern quality drugs produced in the Russian Federation.
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