Health care reform needs as much momentum as reforms in other sectors, President ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®® Nay Pyi Taw, 19 June It is necessary to speed up the momentum in the health care sector in tandem with a rapid acceleration in political, economic and executive reforms without neglecting the promotion of the private sector, President U Thein Sein told a meeting on health promotion at the Union Government Office in Nay Pyi Taw on Thursday morning. According to the president, a 19-member committee named the National Health Committee has been formed to provide health care nationwide in a bid to vitalize the country’s health sector. U Thein Sein urged the Ministry of Health to adapt to reforms and work together with related ministries, region/state governments, local and foreign NGOs, stakeholders and experts, stressing that on his visits to health facilities four months ago he witnessed some services that needed reforming even as he was praising health staff for their endeavours in providing health care to people. The president pointed out the importance of keeping hospitals and their immediate environs clean and tidy, putting emphasis on repair and renovation and the construction of new buildings. He called for more broad-based campaigns at the grassroots level to equip the public with health awareness of the dreadful consequences of smoking, drinking and infectious diseases. “In rural areas, the proportion of patients to health staff is 10,000 to 4. So, it is necessary to organize health volunteers and give systematic training to them,” the president said, adding that more courses should be conducted to produce as many human resources for health care as possible. U Thein Sein also talked of the introduction of the Universal Health Coverage in the country, a World Bank-aided programme designed to ensure everyone has easy access to health care with no financial burdens. ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®
Posted on: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 06:17:03 +0000
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