Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar discussed with Minister for Health in Singapore Ong Ye Kung ways of supporting joint cooperation between the two countries in training doctors in different medical specialties and nurses along with education and family health.
The meeting was held on the sidelines of the High-Level Segment of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Meetings in New York city.
Spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said in press statements Saturday that the two ministers agreed on exchanging visits among the officials in the health sector to get acquainted with experiments of the two countries in the medical sphere.
The spokesman added the two sides agreed on laying down mechanisms for cooperation between the medical special centers and research and training institutes of the two health ministries in both countries.
The two countries have agreed on the need of cooperation in manufacturing vaccines, said Abdel Ghaffar.