ANKARA, 30 January 2018: A delegation of
the health sector led by Minister for Primary & Secondary Healthcare of
Punjab Khawaja Imran Nazir met the Minister for Health of Turkey Dr Ahmet
Demircan today. Both the Ministers
discussed ongoing collaboration in the health sector and expressed satisfaction
at the fast paced partnership in this area. Ambassador of Pakistan to Turkey Syrus
Sajjad Qazi and senior officials of the Punjab Government were also present at
the meeting.
The Pakistan delegation is visiting
Turkey to learn from Turkey’s successful experience in health sector reform,
particularly the pharmaceutical sector management.
After their meeting, the two Ministers
addressed a joint press conference. Turkish Health Minister Dr. Ahmet Demircan
said Turkey would continue to support Pakistan in bringing improvements in the
health sector. He assured technical support and technology transfer for health
reform in Pakistan.
Minister Khawaja Imran Nazir in his remarks
said that the multidimensional brotherly Pakistan-Turkey relations have witnessed
exponential growth in the health sector in the last two years. Expressing
satisfaction at the growing Pakistan-Turkey collaboration, Khawaja Imran Nazir
thanked the Turkish leadership for their support and observed that Turkish
technical support would help reinforce health reform initiatives in Pakistan.
The Pakistan delegation also visited the
Turkish Medicine and Medical Devices Agency, and Drug Analysis Laboratory in
Ankara and a Pharmaceutical warehouse in Istanbul. The delegation observed the Turkish
regulatory regime for medical devices and pharmaceutical management.
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