Libyan-Egyptian memorandum to develop medical services
LIBYA – The Dbeibah government’s Ministry of Health and Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen health and medical cooperation between the two countries, on the sidelines of the 22nd ordinary session of the Executive Council of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States, which Abdulhamid Dbeibah, head of the Dbeibah government, opened in the capital, Tripoli, on Saturday.
Al-Ghouj and Abdelatty sign the memorandum
The ministry’s media office said the memorandum was signed on the Libyan side by Health Minister Mohamed Al-Ghouj and on the Egyptian side by Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty, with the aim of expanding cooperation, exchanging expertise and drawing on available capabilities and experience to improve health services.
Primary care, epidemics and pharmaceutical manufacturing
The memorandum covers research on healthcare systems and primary care programmes, the control of communicable and non-communicable diseases, and the exchange of information on epidemiological alert and surveillance, as well as pharmaceutical manufacturing, clinical pharmacy and pharmacovigilance.
Laboratories, training and antimicrobial resistance
It also covers cooperation between laboratories and blood banks, the exchange of expertise and training in medical and pharmaceutical specialties, research and programmes on antimicrobial resistance and infection prevention and control, as well as medical insurance.
