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January 2020

The Uzbek-Turkish Health Business Forum

Health Journal of Foreign Affairs and EU

IN JANUARY EDITION

• The Uzbek-Turkish Health Business Forum

• 9th -Uzbekistan Joint Health Week

• Turkey Visit of Deputy Health of —————————— Libya/Government of National Accord Dr. Selami KILIÇ Muhammed Haytem Isa Director General —————————— • of Health Dr. Şuayip Publication Board Birinci receives Delegation of the WHO Dr. Selami KILIÇ Country Office Arif ÇETİN Azmi EKMEN • Visit of Ambassador of Burundi to Ankara —————————— Gerard Ntahorwaroye Bilebako Advisory Board Arif ÇETİN • Visit of Trade Delegation from the British Dt. Abdullah SERT Embassy Yusuf IRMAK Azmi EKMEN • Visit of Ambassador of Cuba to Ankara Ömer GÖKÇEN Luis Alberto Amoros Nunez —————————— Editors • Visit of the Health Ministry Delegation of Arif ÇETİN Mindanao/Bangsamoro Autonomous Atınç ATALAY —————————— Region (BARMM) Translators • Global Refugee Forum Sevim BÖRKLÜCE Dr. Muzdalifa SULIMAN • General Assembly Meeting of NATO Joint Gulhumar NURI TURAL Health Group Abdullah KARAKAYA —————————— • Visit of Health Insurance Scheme of the January 2020 — No: 82 Republic of Monthly Magazine —————————— • WHO Global Non-communicable Diseases Address: and Meeting Bilkent Yerleşkesi Üniversiteler Mah. • 26th Session of OECD Health Committee Dumlupınar Bulv. 6001. Cad. Kat: 6 06800 Çankaya • 11th Project Management Team Meeting of Ankara/Turkey Health Safety in Turkey Tel: +90(312) 585 6666 - 585 6700 ——————————- http://disab.saglik.gov.tr

The Uzbek-Turkish Health Business Forum

Agreement between the Government of the Turkey considers membership of Uzbekistan to the Republic of Turkey and the Government of the Turkic Council as a historical step. Turkey wishes to “ Republic of Uzbekistan on Cooperation in the maintain multilateral cooperation with Uzbekistan at field of Health and Medicine” forms the legal basis of the Turkic Council as at the other international the cooperation between the two countries. In order platforms. High-level Strategic Cooperation Council to implement the object and targets of this was created in 2018 following the reciprocal visits of Agreement, “Memorandum of Understanding between the Presidents of the two countries. Population of the the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Turkey and two countries together creates a big market of 115 Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan on million. Trade volume between our countries reached Cooperation in the field of Health” was signed on 25 $1.8 billion in 2018, and the Presidents have set the October 2017 in Ankara on occasion of the Turkey target of $5 billion. Mutual investments are also very visit of the President of Uzbekistan H.E. Shavkat important, may be even more important than the Mirziyoyev. The Cooperation Road Map 2019-2020 trade volume. includes provisions for cooperation in the fields of Within this framework, the Turkish-Uzbek Joint health systems strengthening, health tourism, health Economic Commission Meeting of 22-23 July 2019 industries, training, PPP, joint health weeks, social yielded positive results. Trade volume of the first security, Tele-medicine, and medical and social three quarters of 2019 reached $1.6 billion, with an assistance. increase of around 30% compared to the previous Turkey sincerely supports reform movement and year. development and progress efforts of the Uzbekistan Turkey is among the first five import and export initiated under leadership of the President H.E. destinations for Uzbekistan. Around eighty Turkish Mirziyoyev. Our peoples and countries have greater companies in the sector of health investments, potential on the basis of equality and mutual benefit. health IT, international patient treatment, medicines, It is believed that this potential will be achieved with medical devices, cosmetic and other similar fields the joint political will of the Turkish and Uzbek came together in Tashkent on 3-5 December 2019 on Presidents H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and H.E. occasion of the Uzbek-Turkish Health Business Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Forum.

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The Uzbek-Turkish Health Business Forum rivate sector representatives from Turkey and On the sidelines of the Forum, Letter of Intent Uzbekistan attended the Health Business between the Ministry of Health of the Republic of P Forum. It is a very important accomplishment Turkey and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of that the Uzbek-Turkish Health Business Forum and Uzbekistan on Cooperation in the field of Health and Turkey-Uzbekistan Health Week – one of the joint Medicine was signed on 3 December 2019 in projects identified in the Cooperation Road Map of 14 Tashkent by Minister of Health of the Republic of February 2019 – was organized within such a short Turkey Dr. Fahrettin Koca and Minister of Health of time following the signature. the Republic of Uzbekistan Prof. Dr. Alisher Shadmanov. Furthermore, 7 memorandum of understanding / protocols were signed in the presence of the Ministers of Health.

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The Uzbek-Turkish Health Business Forum 9th Turkey-Uzbekistan Joint Health Week s a part of the international humanitarian aid Health Minister Dr. Koca also paid a visit to the activities, the 9th Turkey-Uzbekistan Joint Tashkent Pediatric Medical Institute Hospital and A Health Week was organized in Tashkent, Republican Research Center of Emergency Medicine Uzbekistan by the Turkish Cooperation and where health week was organized, and visited the Coordination Agency (TIKA)., patients operated by the Turkish doctors. Within this framework, 27 healthcare professionals – The Turkish delegation consisting of doctors and doctors and allied health staff – took part in the allied healthcare staff working at the hospitals of the organization from the branches of general surgery, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Turkey provided urology, pediatric surgery, radiology, pediatric outpatient treatment services, and also performed cardiovascular surgery, pediatric and adult specialized operations that could not be made due to cardiology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, gynecology the absence of necessary experience and medical and obstetrics, anesthesia and reanimation and equipment, and also provided theoretical and emergency medicine. practical training for the Uzbek healthcare 143 operations and 445 patient consultations were professionals. performed throughout the health week, and trainings Health weeks were also previously organized in were provided for 794 Uzbek healthcare Termez, Fergana, Nukus and Kharezm provinces of professionals. Uzbekistan.

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The Uzbek-Turkish Health Business Forum

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Turkey Visit of Deputy Health Minister of Libya/Government of National Accord Muhammed Haytem Isa

eputy Health Minister of Libya/Government medical devices, health IT, international patient of National Accord Muhammed Haytem Isa treatment, hospital management and financing, D and Deputy Minister of Health Prof. Dr. emergency and disaster health services and public Emine Alp Meşe held an official meeting on 13 health, and she added that many Libyan people were December 2019. treated in Turkey which offered high-quality and cost During the meeting, Prof. Dr. Alp Meşe stated that -effective health services, and it would be in the she was honored and very glad for signature of the interest of both countries to increase the number of Maritime Delimitation Deal on continental shelves patients through USHAŞ on win-win basis, that and exclusive economic area signed the previous Turkey was producing high-quality and cost-effective week; Turkey wished to improve cooperation in the medicines, medical supplies and medical equipment field of health and we were ready to share our 17- and that we could further enhance our cooperation year experience of health reform with our Libyan through protocols to be concluded with USHAŞ for brothers and sisters and she offered to establish joint patient treatment and provision of medical supplies working group from both countries in order to closely and equipment, and that we could conduct joint monitor the process and to sign an action plan and to projects, with the involvement of USHAŞ, in the fields deepen cooperation between the two countries of health IT, medical training, hospital construction particularly in the fields of medicines and and service procurements.

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Deputy Minister of Health Dr. Şuayip Birinci receives Delegation of the WHO Country Office

eputy Minister of Health Dr. Şuayip Turkey – and relevant activities to be jointly Birinci received Dr. Pavel Ursu and conducted by the Minister of Health and WHO. They delegation of the WHO Country Office on also discussed the issues that should be underlined 26 December 2019. During the meeting, at the international platforms and sharing of country Dthe Sides exchanged opinions to perform technical experiences. cooperation on health statistics – one of the assets of

Visit of Ambassador of Burundi to Ankara Gerard Ntahorwaroye Bilebako

mbassador of Burundi to Ankara Gerard General Dr. Selami Kılıç concerning the health Ntahorwaroye Bilebako visited General cooperation agreement which will be signed between A Directorate of EU and Foreign Affairs on 23 the two countries and the other probable cooperation December 2019 and held a meeting with Director- areas.

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Visit of Trade Delegation from the British Embassy

rade Attaché of the British Embassy in Ankara investment activities in the fields of medical devices, David Machin, Trade Manager Zeyno Sobacı medicines and vaccines, PPP hospital projects, T Baran and Trade Adviser Merve Gökben mutual private sector treatments as well as to visited the General Directorate of EU and Foreign increase trade activities between the participants. Affairs on 12 December 2019 and held a meeting Besides the officials from the General Directorate of with Director-General Dr. Selami Kılıç concerning the EU and Foreign Affairs, representatives from USHAŞ, Turkey- Health Business Forum TİTCK and General Directorate of Health Investments planned to be held in March 2020 in Istanbul in were present during the meeting. order to identify existent barriers in the trade and

Visit of Ambassador of Cuba to Ankara Luis Alberto Amoros Nunez

mbassador of Cuba to Ankara Luis Alberto of the Ministry to the 3rd International Amoros Nunez visited General Directorate of Immunopharma – Oncology VacciPharma 2020 A EU and Foreign Affairs on 12 December 2019 Convention planned to be held in Varadero, Cuba on and held a meeting with Director-General Dr. Selami 9-13 July 2020, and handed over the booklet of the Kılıç. On occasion of the visit, the Ambassador Convention. invited Director-General Dr. Selami Kılıç and experts

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Visit of the Health Ministry Delegation of Mindanao/Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (BARMM) rime Minister of Bangsamoro Autonomous the relevant institutions. Representatives from Region of (BARMM) Hacı Murad General Directorate of EU and Foreign Affairs P İbrahim visited Turkey on 12-16 December attended the meeting on behalf of the Ministry of 2019. In this regard, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Health. On the other hand, delegation from the organized a meeting on 13 December 2019 with the Ministry of Health of Bangsamoro Autonomous participation of Prime Minister Hacı Murad İbrahim Region of Philippines visited Yenimahalle Training in order to obtain first-hand information concerning and Research Hospital on 16 December 2019 and development aids that could be provided for BARMM received information about the Turkish health region and to ensure coordination between system.

Global Refugee Forum

he Global Refugee Forum, co-chaired by the The Panel on Energy and Infrastructure included the President H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, took health-related topics and attended by representatives T place in Geneva on 17-18 December 2019. of the Ministry of Health to deliver a speech on health There were also organized many side events on 16 services and opportunities provided for the refugees December 2019. During the Forum, high-level panels in Turkey. Furthermore, the delegation took part in were held concerning share of burdens and the side events about maternal and infant responsibilities of refugees, finding solution, energy mortalities, employment of refugees and protection of and infrastructure, employment, protection capacity mental health. and training.

General Assembly Meeting of NATO Joint Health Group

eneral Assembly Meeting of NATO Joint the umbrella of NATO were discussed; good practices Health Group organized annually in Brussels, about chemical, biologic, radiologic and nuclear G took place on 11 December 2019. threats and cyber security were discussed and Representatives from the General Directorate of EU documents prepared by NATO Secretariat were and Foreign Affairs attended the meeting on occasion reviewed. of which health-related activities conducted under

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Visit of Health Insurance Scheme of the Republic of Nigeria

ecretary-General of the Nigeria Health of Health on 16 December 2019 in order to obtain Insurance Scheme – NHIS Prof. Dr. Mohammed information about the Turkish Health System and S Nasir Sambo and the accompanying delegation the relevant developments. of 5 experts visited the Turkish Ministry of Health WHO Global Non-communicable Diseases and Mental Health Meeting HO Global Non-communicable Diseases provided a platform to discuss non-communicable and Mental Health Meeting was organized diseases, risk factors and mental health services in W in Muskat, Oman on 9-12 December 2019. WHO member states, and made a presentation about Representatives from the General Directorate of EU health services provided for the Syrian refugees. and Foreign Affairs attended the meeting which 26th Session of OECD Health Committee

he 26th Session of OECD (Organization for of the Health Committee on pharmaceutical sector, Economic Cooperation and Development) monitoring implementation of “Council T Health Committee took place in Paris, Recommendation on Health Data Governance”, on 11-12 December 2019. The meeting provided a sustainable health financing and PaRIS Project platform to discuss probable outputs of the High- aiming to achieve patient-centered health system. Level Policy Forum on Health in the 21st Century: General Directorate of EU and Foreign Affairs Data, Policy and Digital Technology organized in attended the meeting on behalf of the Ministry of Copenhagen on 21 November 2019, future works Health. 11th Project Management Team Meeting of Health Safety in Turkey fficially launched on 20 September 2018, departments of the General Directorate of Public funded by the and World Health, representatives from the WHO and General O Health Organization and technically Directorate of EU and Foreign Affairs attended the supported by World Health Organization, “Health meeting to exchange opinions on the activities Safety in Turkey” Project held its 11th Project already performed or planned to be performed in the Management Team Meeting on 20 December 2019. future. General Directorate of is the beneficiary of the project, and besides the relevant

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