MoH, Shanghai sign cooperation agreement
Shanghai. July 5. INTERFAX-CHINA - China's Ministry of Health (MoH) announced July 4 it has signed a cooperation agreement with the Shanghai municipal government to partner on the promotion of healthcare services in the municipality.
The agreement will see the two bodies jointly manage hospitals currently under the MoH's control, and establish a chronic disease prevention system and a general practitioners-based community health service system, according to the announcement.
They will also promote traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) services and continue public hospital reform, the announcement said.
Additionally, the parties will work together to set up a health record system for Shanghai residents, improve the adverse drug reaction (ADR) monitoring system, and develop globally competitive medical research institutions and medical talent.
The MoH and the municipal government will also jointly manage Shanghai's National Institute of Parasitic Disease Control and Prevention, and set up a tropical disease treatment and prevention center in the municipality before 2015, the announcement noted.
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