Health Minister Mexhiti meets UNICEF Representative DiGiovanni
- Министерството за здравство со УНИЦЕФ ќе потпишат годишна програма, дизајнирана во насока на подобрување на квалитетот на здравствени услуги, соопшти Министерството за здравство, информирајќи за денешната средба на министерот за здравство Фатмир Mеџити и претставничката на Фондот за деца на Обединетите нации (УНИЦЕФ), Патриција ДиЏовани, посветена на работните активности и областите на потенцијална соработка за 2023 година.
- Post By Nevenka Nikolik
- 17:04, 20 March, 2023
Skopje, 20 March 2023 (MIA) - The Ministry of Health and UNICEF will sign an annual program designed to improve the quality of health services, said the Ministry in a press release about Monday's meeting between Health Minister Fatmir Mexhiti and UNICEF Representative Patricia DiGiovanni, focused on work activities and areas of potential cooperation for 2023.
"In terms of increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of health services, the Ministry of Health and UNICEF will jointly work on the development and capacity building of health workers, analysis and advice on policies to improve the allocation of public finances and human resources for immunization, including a functional analysis of vaccination services, a cost-benefit analysis of home visiting services at the primary care level, supporting the Ministry and other health sector stakeholders to address childhood and adolescent obesity trends, strengthening national capacities and suppor in recommendations for early intervention in children, early childhood development and mental health, based on evidence from several analyzes and studies,," said the Health Ministry.
The program also provides for continued support for immunization – a mass multimedia communication campaign to remind the public of the achievements in vaccine science and the success story of vaccines which, said the Ministry, is necessary to restore trust in the health system and vaccines.
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