Romania and Turkey sign agreement on cooperation in healthcare area

Healthcare Minister Sorina Pintea and her Turkish counterpart Fahrettin Koca signed an agreement between Romania and Turkey on cooperation in healthcare and medical sciences area. 

According to the agreement, the two states will promote, based on equality and reciprocity principles, the cooperation in areas such as strengthening the healthcare systems, mutual encouragement of investments in the sanitary sector, medicines, pharmaceutical products and medical equipment, hospital management, public health and family medicine system, geriatrics and gerontology, the organization of emergency medicine services. 

According to a release of the Healthcare Ministry, Romania and Turkey will cooperate through exchange of information, delegations and experts in healthcare, as well as through encouraging experts to participate in scientific conferences and meetings. 

Moreover, a joint working committee will also be established, that will periodically carry out meetings in view of assessing the cooperation activities and establishing the cooperation priorities.