Health Minister meets with his French counterpart, who confirmed his country’s commitment to assisting Lebanon’s health system

Health Minister meets with his French counterpart, who confirmed his country’s commitment to assisting Lebanon’s health system

NNA - Caretaker Minister of Public Health, Firas Abiad, continued his meetings today in the French capital, Paris, where he met with the new French Minister of Health, Aureacute;lien Rousseau, in the presence of the Chargeacute; drsquo;Affairs at the Lebanese Embassy in Paris, Ziad Taan, and the official for international cooperation in the French Ministry of Health, Jerome Weinbach, as well as the director of the office of French Minister Guylaine Chauvin, and a member of the accompanying delegation, Pierre Anhouri.nbsp;

During the meeting, the framework agreement signed between the Lebanese and French Ministries of Health regarding cooperation and coordination of a number of projects related to the health sector was confirmed.

Talks also touched on the projects currently being implemented, most notably the cooperation between the Ministry of Public Health and French institutions in the National Cancer Plan and the Digital Transformation Plan, in addition to restructuring the Health and Vital Data Unit in the Ministry to update existing data and establish projects based on actual needs.

In this context, Minister Rousseau affirmed his country#39;s commitment to assisting the Lebanese health system by moving forward with the agreed-upon projects, in addition to establishing new projects within the framework agreement signed between both