ASEAN, China to hold forum on health cooperation

The 4th China-ASEAN Forum on Health Cooperation will be held from September 14 to 16 in Nanning, the capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
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Hanoi (VNA) - The 4th China-ASEAN Forumon Health Cooperation will be held from September 14 to 16 in Nanning, thecapital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

As one of the high-level forums of the 19thChina-ASEAN Expo, slated from September 16 to 19, the hybrid forum aims todeepen exchanges and cooperation in various fields of health between China andthe Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries in thepost-COVID-19 era and strengthen health system resilience.

According to the China-ASEAN Expo Secretariat, theforum will feature a plenary session. A joint statement will be released, andseveral cooperation agreements will be signed.

There will be seven sub-forums on collaboration in disease preventionand control, health emergency cooperation, and maternal and childhealth exchange and cooperation.

Since the first forum in 2016, ASEAN countries andChina have cooperated effectively in fields like infectious disaster control,traditional medicine, the health industry, human resources, and hospitalmanagement./.
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