Russian Ministry of Health is ready to support training of Ethiopian doctors

Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko and Ethiopian Ambassador to Moscow Genet Teshome Girru discussed plans of cooperation between the countries in the field of health care and prospects of its development for the current year. This is reported on the website of the Russian Ministry.

They agreed to increase comprehensive cooperation, including in the field of medical education. According to Murashko, 24 Ethiopian citizens are now studying in Russian universities. He added that the Russian leadership is ready to expand this cooperation and support the training of Ethiopian specialists in narrow medical fields, according to Fana Media Corporation (FMC), a partner of TV BRICS.

"Today, among other things, we are engaged in training specialists who already have medical education. In particular, 87 Ethiopian medical professionals have been trained in our country on maternal and child care," Murashko emphasised.

At the meeting the Minister and the Ambassador outlined joint plans. Among them is holding consultations of patients in Ethiopia by Russian specialists. Murashko added that medics from Russia are ready to share knowledge with their Ethiopian colleagues.

Moscow and Addis Ababa maintain active cooperation in this sphere. For example, the Russian side supplies mobile laboratories to Ethiopia to support the efforts of the republic's authorities to strengthen the healthcare system.

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