Ulaanbaatar
Health Minister meets JICA Senior Advisor
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On March 24, A.Tsogtsetseg, Minister of Health received Yamashita Mamoru, Senior Advisor of JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) to exchange views on cooperation in the field of health.
At the meeting, Minister A.Tsogtsetseg emphasized that projects and programs financed by the government of Japan are being carried-out successfully in Mongolia. She continued that “JICA is making contribution to the health industry of Mongolia by strengthening the capacity of medical specialists working at the first and second-phase hospitals in Mongolia, supplying medical equipment and improving professional skills of Mongolian doctors and medical staff, in particular, volunteers of JICA are working in Mongolia in an area of rehabilitation treatment.
Apart from financing from the Japanese government, JICA has been co-implementing joint humanitarian projects in cooperation with professional associations, societies and non-government organizations and providing humanitarian aid for the medical sector of Mongolia.
