The Chairman in particular hailed US medical assistance to care for patients with terminal diseases and disabilities, and prevent mother-to-child transmissions of HIV/AIDS.
The city leader expressed his hopethat US and Vietnamese hospitals continue to worktogether in professional areas and scientific research, which contributesto the betterment ofthe two countries’ ties.
Sebeliush said the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are working on a global health security initiative and will work with the Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute to establish an emergency medical centre in the future, in an effort to help the city manage epidemics and emergency cases in the southern region.
She said she believes the two nations’ medical co-operation will bear fruit.
According to CDC Director Thomas R. Frieden, the project will maximise the capacity of Ho Chi Minh City and 22 southern cities and provinces in pandemic control by providing medical equipment, assisting laboratories at the grassroots level, and improving diagnosis capacity and human resources training in the fight against epidemics.
The same day, Sebeliush toured Children Hospital No. 1, the Centre for Consultation and Community Assistance in district 4 and a medical station in Cau Kho precinct, district 1.
