Turkey to support Pakistan in health sector

ANKARA, Jan 30 (APP):The mutual cooperation between Pakistan and Turkey in health sector is rapidly growing as both the countries expressed satisfaction at the fast paced partnership in the area.
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 reforms in Pakistan, said a message received here on Tuesday.
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. Ambassador of Pakistan to Turkey Syrus Sajjad Qazi and senior officials of the Punjab Government were also present during the meeting.
The Pakistani delegation is visiting Turkey to learn from its successful experience in health sector reforms, particularly the pharmaceutical sector management.
After the meeting, the two Ministers addressed a joint press conference. Minister Khawaja Imran Nazir in his remarks said that the multidimensional brotherly Pakistan-Turkey relations had 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.