Children to receive free healthcare in 2017
Children will receive free healthcare treatment at government hospitals this year according to a new government policy aiming to reduce the rate of mortality of children under five. The policy known as the Strategy and Action Plan for Integrated Service on Reproductive Maternal, Newborn and Child Health focuses on pregnant women and their access to more healthcare services at hospitals and dispensaries across the country and also provides free-of-charge care to children, particularly newborns and children under five, heath officials have confirmed. Director General of the Hygiene and Health Promotion Department under the Ministry of Health, Dr Phath Keungsaneth spoke to Vientiane Times by telephone on Friday on the importance of the new policy.
