Union Minister Dr. Thet Khaing Win Participates in 27th St Petersburg International Economic Forum

Union Health Minister Dr. Thet Khaing Win and delegates attended the 27th St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2024) which was held in St Petersburg in the Russian Federation on 7 June, and participated in the discussions as follows:

• The Union Minister attended the Forum on Health and Improving Quality of Life and discussed the importance of health economics and resource allocation to the health sector, as well as the ability to analyze the cost-benefit analysis of health policies and healthcare activities.
• In the afternoon, the Union Minister received a delegation led by Minister of Health Dr. Mikhail Murashko of the Russian Federation and the delegation at Conference Hall G 1.24, and discussed the issues of developing a cooperation framework and developing the Myanmar-Russia bilateral health sector.

On 8 June, Union Minister and delegates made the following activities:

• On arrival at the Napalkov Cancer Centre in St Petersburg, they discussed the cooperation between the two countries in the treatment of cancer with officials of the Napalkov Cancer Centre. As part of the friendship and medical cooperation between the two countries, the Union Minister visited the cancer patient who is from Myanmar, and gave words of encouragement, providing cash and foodstuffs to him.
• In the afternoon, the Union Minister visited the Federal State Budgetary Institute Granov Russian Scientific Centre of Radiology and Surgical Technologies and the Federal State Budgetary Institute Nikiforov Russian Centre for Emergency and Radiation Medicine where the officials explained the progress of modern cancer treatment with atomic radiation, the use of radiation equipment, the production of nuclear radiation medicine, and the emergency medical treatment and rehabilitation of radiation-affected patients.

The Union Minister visited the Polysan and Pharmasyntez pharmaceutical manufacturing plants of the Russian Federation and discussed the ability to import and manufacture cancer treatment drugs and other modern quality drugs produced in the Russian Federation, as well as the issue of cooperation with the state-owned and private pharmaceutical manufacturing industries.

Source: GNLM (12-6-2024)

• On 7 June, the Union Minister Dr. Thet Khaing Win and delegates attended the Forum on Health and Improving Quality of Life and discussed the importance of health economics and resource allocation to the health sector, as well as the ability to analyze the cost-benefit analysis of health policies and healthcare activities.
• On 8 June, the Union Minister discussed the cooperation between the two countries in the treatment of cancer with officials of the Napalkov Cancer Centre in St Petersburg.
• The Union Minister visited the Polysan and Pharmasyntez pharmaceutical manufacturing plants of the Russian Federation and discussed the ability to import and manufacture cancer treatment drugs and other modern quality drugs produced in the Russian Federation, as well as the issue of cooperation with the state-owned and private pharmaceutical manufacturing industries