WHO extends support for health sector reform
The World Health Organisation is providing US$2.1 million in initial assistance for the strengthening of healthcare services in Laos. With US$11.3 million committed for 2016-17, the amount of funding has increased by 22 percent over 2014-15. An agreement for the funding was signed in Vientiane on February 8 by Minister of Health, Associate Prof. Dr Bounkong Syhavong, and WHO Representative to Laos, Dr Juliet Fleischl, in the presence of director generals of the ministry’s health departments. Speaking at the ceremony, Assoc. Prof. Dr Bounkong said the WHO was a good partner to Laos because it played an essential role in improving the health sector and was a strong supporter of health reform.
