WHO Representative presents credential letter

Politics
anudari@montsame.gov.mn
2018-08-29 13:15:55
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ World Health Organization (WHO) Resident Representative in Mongolia, Sergey Diorditsa presented his letter of credence to Foreign Minister D.Tsogtbaatar on August 28.

At the beginning of the meeting, Minister D.Tsogtbaatar emphasized the long-standing assistance of the WHO in the development of Mongolia’s health sector and public health care, expressing willingness to cooperate with the organization in numerous fields with aim of achieving health-related goals of the SDGs.

The sides discussed issues of involving all sectors in health protection under the cooperation between Mongolia and the WHO, elaborating the system for training of physicians and health professionals and bringing it to international standards, addressing problems that negatively affect people’s health due to today’s work and lifestyle, ingraining culture of health in people, and supporting the introduction of digital and distance diagnostic technologies to the health sector.

Mongolia became a member of the WHO in 1962, and the organization has been appointing representatives to Ulaanbaatar since 1971. Mr. Sergey Diorditsa is a Russian citizen and a PhD in Virology. Prior to his appointment, he had worked at WHO Office for the Western Pacific and in Bangladesh, North Korea and Ethiopia.
 
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