{"id":10027,"date":"2019-02-22T13:05:25","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T05:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=10027"},"modified":"2019-02-22T13:05:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T05:05:35","slug":"supported-by-thailand-and-japan-kazakhstan-makes-a-strong-pitch-for-universal-healthcare-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=10027","title":{"rendered":"Supported by Thailand and Japan, Kazakhstan Makes a Strong Pitch for Universal Healthcare in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Manik Mehta<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York, Feb 22 (NNN-BERNAMA) — As a country that has been leading the call for universal healthcare since the late 1990s, Kazakhstan made a strong pitch for universal healthcare in New York, holding an \u201cinteractive dialogue\u201d on primary healthcare at its permanent mission to the United Nations on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yelzhan Birtanov, Kazakhstan\u2019s Minister for Healthcare, who is visiting New York, delivered the keynote address on healthcare here Thursday, followed by speeches by Ambassador Vitavas Srivih, the newly arrived Thai permanent representative, and Toshiya Hoshino, Japan\u2019s deputy permanent representative, who acknowledged Kazakhstan\u2019s leadership role in pushing universal healthcare at the United Nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Birtanov linked the UN\u2019s social development goals (SDGs) \u2013 particularly SDG-3 \u2013 which emphasizes the importance of providing healthcare to the common people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSDG-3 calls for looking after the health of the people. Through health coverage, we can contribute to achieving this SDG,\u201d Burtanov said, adding that people suffered more in terms of chronic diseases such as diabetes, cancer, etc. than communicable diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The minister also emphasized the importance of digital technology in promoting healthcare. This had also been highlighted at the Global Conference on Primary Healthcare, held in Astana, Kazakhstan, October 25-26, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference, which the minister said had attracted more than 2,000 delegates and over 50 ministers and deputy ministers from around the world, also showed that \u201cpeople don\u2019t just want to be passive on getting treatmentbut want to be active and participate in the treatment\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thailand\u2019s permanent representative Srivihor traced the genesis of healthcare to a UN resolution passed on the healthcare issue.  The envoy described the resolution as an \u201cimportant milestone and the bedrock of sustainable development\u201d.  But he also spoke of the challenges. \u201cBesides the problem of getting access, millions of people face financial constraints.  \u201cThere can be no meaningful changes without having an unwavering political commitment to healthcare,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hoshino said the interactive dialogue on healthcare was important in the run-up to the UN General Assembly which kicks off in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nana Menabde, the executive director of the World Health Organisation (WHO), who also moderated the panel discussion, said that promoting healthcare had been a political agenda for Kazakhstan and other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIndeed, primary healthcare should be treated as a human rights issue. Take the case of Ebola whose outbreak afflicted millions of people. With precaution and advance information, this could have been averted,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked if the much-touted South-South cooperation, in context of healthcare, was actively pushed, she told\u00a0Bernama<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0that the South-South cooperation is very much there. \u00a0\u201cIn fact, we are having a conference India soon on the subject \u2026 \u201c she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The WHO, she explained, operated in a trilateral framework whenever it got involved in exchanges between two or more countries engaged in dialogue and interaction on healthcare issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

–NNN-BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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