Addis Ababa, November 18, 2024 (FBC) – The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on Monday explored various avenues of enhancing the bilateral cooperation in the health sector, mainly joint efforts in research and development areas.
The discussion to enhance the cooperation took place in Islamabad during a meeting between Jemal Beker Abdula, Ambassador of Ethiopia to Pakistan, and Malik Mukhtar Ahmed Bherth, Coordinator to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination.
The meeting mainly focused on global health security, institutional linkages, exchange of researches on preventing and curing communicable diseases such as pandemics and outbreaks, medical and allied health professional education for Ethiopian students in Pakistan, and medical tourism.
During the course of the meeting, Ambassador Jemal highlighted the commitment of the Government of Ethiopia for ensuring health, safety and security by creating awareness on diseases, hygiene and environment-friendly issues that reduced maternal and child mortality, increased longevity, and wellbeing of the society.
He said Ethiopia is the 3rd diplomatic hub in the world, and recently established a state-of-the-art disease control center where joint researches are being conducted on different diseases especially the communicable ones.
Ambassador Jemal said there is a huge potential for the people of Pakistan to invest in the pharmaceutical and surgical sector of Ethiopia.
On the other hand, Malik Mukhtar Ahmed Bherth acknowledged Ethiopia’s friendly bond with the people of Pakistan, expressing strong commitment to strengthen Pakistan’s relations with Africa, especially Ethiopia through Ethiopian Airlines.
He agreed to work closely with the Ethiopian Embassy Islamabad for initiating collaboration in research and development sector, and cooperation for exchange of research in health sector, and provision of medical and allied health professional education.