Union Health Minister Dr Thet Khaing Win received the delegation led by Ambassador of Thailand to Myanmar Mr Mongkol Visitstump yester­day morning at the Ministry of Health in Nay Pyi Taw.

They frankly exchanged views on matters in connection with the success of coopera­tion between the two countries in the prevention, control and treatment of the Covid-19 pan­demic, speeding up control ac­tivities of malaria, tuberculosis and venereal diseases in border areas, the establishment of a high-quality treatment hospital in Dawei, Tanintharyi Region with the support of the Thai­land International Cooperation Agency (TICA), increasing medical education and sign­ing a Memorandum of Under­standing (MoU) with medical universities in Thailand and promoting cooperation in the health sector of the two coun­tries.

The meeting was attend­ed by the deputy minister, the director-general (Union Minis­ter’s Office), the director-gen­eral (Department of Public Health), the director-general (Medical Services Depart­ment), the director-general (Human Resources for Health Department) and officials of the Ministry of Health. — MNA/TS