(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 19. A meeting was
held at the Ministry of health with the delegation of the World
Health Organization (WHO) Assessment Mission, which is on a working
visit to Azerbaijan, Trend reports via the ministry.
Welcoming the guests, Minister Teymur Musayev stressed that the
country attaches great importance to cooperation with the WHO.
According to Musayev, over the past 30 years, significant work
has been done in the context of mutual cooperation, a number of
countrywide, regional and global projects have been successfully
implemented.
Reminding the meeting of the WHO Regional Director for Europe
Hans Henry Kluge with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and
representatives of the Ministry of Health during his official visit
to Azerbaijan, the minister expressed confidence that the visit of
the head of an authoritative health organization to the country
will contribute to the further development of ties.
In his speech, the minister noted the work carried out by
Azerbaijan in the fight against COVID-19, as well as the country's
assistance and international initiatives in this context. He
stressed that Azerbaijan's global contribution to the fight against
the COVID-19 pandemic was also highly appreciated by WHO
Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus.
Musayev also stressed the activity of the Azerbaijani
representative office of the WHO in the work to improve and
modernize national healthcare.
Expressing gratitude for the warm welcome, the WHO
representative in Azerbaijan Khalil Ibrahim noted that over the
past five years, important efforts have been made in Azerbaijan to
transform the healthcare system in order to strengthen it and
achieve universal health coverage.
Ibrahim stressed that strengthening primary health care (PHC) is
a vital and ongoing priority for the WHO in Azerbaijan.
Besides, he noted that the WHO office in the country supports
the government of Azerbaijan in such areas as preparedness and
response to COVID-19, infection prevention and control, emergency
medical care system, mental health and psycho-social support in
emergency situations, and others.
The objectives of the WHO Assessment Mission are to analyze the
context and resources of the various structures and functions of
the health system in order to ensure successful planning of WHO
support in the field of health workforce development, primary
health care, hospital care and nursing care in Azerbaijan.
At the same time, the mission's goals include contribution to
the vision of the future organization of primary health care in
Azerbaijan through recommendations for the ongoing PHC
demonstration project; planning and defining WHO support and
technical assistance in the area of health workforce development
through meetings in medical and nursing schools; assessing the
provision of hospital services by visiting public and private
hospitals, and others.
The working visit of the mission will last until September
23.
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