Viet Nam on track to End TB

Viet Nam Health Minister Nguy ễn Thị Kim Tiến joined Head of States, Ministers and other leaders at the first-ever United Nations High-Level Meeting on TB on 26th September at the 2018 General Assembly in New York. She delivered a powerful statement of commitment to action during the plenary, and at a media briefing on the High Level Meeting. “Viet Nam warmly congratulates the United Nations for holding a successful High Level Meeting on ending TB,” said Madame Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến, Health Minister of Viet Nam while speaking to journalists at the UN. “This event has great significance, while ambitious with its Declaration, it leads the way for a very humanitarian fight because it can save millions of lives and bring happiness for millions of families worldwide every year. Viet Nam will do its best to achieve reductions in mortality and morbidity, by introducing new tools, new drugs, new approaches with high political com mitment and by strengthening the health system, especially at the grassroots level, through universal health coverage. We will also work towards mobilizing all the social resources needed for the fight against TB.”
Source: WHO Feature Stories - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: communicable disease [subject], infectious diseases, tuberculosis [subject], tb, tuberculosis [subject], tb Source Type: news