Measures to improve the quality of medical workforce were discussed byhealth experts during a meeting held in Hanoi on June 24.
Organised by the Ministry of Health, the event was participated byrepresentatives from the United Nations agencies, foreign banks,development cooperation and technical assistance agencies, which areVietnam’s partners in the field, and those from several medical schoolsand hospital across the country.
Speaking at the event, DeputyHealth Minister Le Quang Cuong stressed that health manpower is a vitalpart of any country’s medical system as they hold the key to ensuringthe efficiency and quality of healthcare services.
He urgedparticipants to deliberate ways to renovate the training programmes inthe field, saying that the human resources development is one of theseven priorities of the national health sector in the 2011-2016 period.
Takeshi Kasai, Chief Representative of the World HealthOrganisation in Vietnam said Vietnam should consider reforming thetraining of health workers as the first step to improve the quality ofmedical services.
He added that the meeting will look into a future working mechanism for Vietnam’s medical partners.
Thequality of healthcare services in Vietnam has been improved remarkablyin recent years. However the country is still facing a shortage ofskilled medical workers, especially those for preventive health, andmedical units in remote areas.
Vietnam hopes to increase thenumber of doctors nationwide to 9,000 by 2016. It will also payattention to training general practitioners and developing family healthmodels, while intensifying the training quality.-VNA
Organised by the Ministry of Health, the event was participated byrepresentatives from the United Nations agencies, foreign banks,development cooperation and technical assistance agencies, which areVietnam’s partners in the field, and those from several medical schoolsand hospital across the country.
Speaking at the event, DeputyHealth Minister Le Quang Cuong stressed that health manpower is a vitalpart of any country’s medical system as they hold the key to ensuringthe efficiency and quality of healthcare services.
He urgedparticipants to deliberate ways to renovate the training programmes inthe field, saying that the human resources development is one of theseven priorities of the national health sector in the 2011-2016 period.
Takeshi Kasai, Chief Representative of the World HealthOrganisation in Vietnam said Vietnam should consider reforming thetraining of health workers as the first step to improve the quality ofmedical services.
He added that the meeting will look into a future working mechanism for Vietnam’s medical partners.
Thequality of healthcare services in Vietnam has been improved remarkablyin recent years. However the country is still facing a shortage ofskilled medical workers, especially those for preventive health, andmedical units in remote areas.
Vietnam hopes to increase thenumber of doctors nationwide to 9,000 by 2016. It will also payattention to training general practitioners and developing family healthmodels, while intensifying the training quality.-VNA
