Health Ministry, Nagoya University to maintain close cooperation

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Vice Minister of Health L.Byambasuren met the Vice President of the University of Nagoya of Japan, Professor Ichihashi to discuss about co-operation, on September 2. Ten graduates of Japan’s “Young Leader” scholarship program, which started cooperation with the Ministry and involved 16 ministry officials over the past years, are currently working at the ministry. Last March, the Ministry of Health and the University of Nagoya established a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation. The vice-minister showed her interest in sending doctors and specialists for short-term training. Representatives from the University of Nagoya also noted that they’re eager to continue the current programs on human resource on medical care management and the listed programs on the MoU. The scholarship program is offered to specialists from around 10 countries, including Thailand, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Laos, Cambodia, Poland, Hungary and China.