MP Yo.Baatarbileg meets WHO delegation

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ MP, Head of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Policy, Education, Culture and Science and head of the lobby group against tuberculosis in the parliament, Yo.Baatarbileg today, met with a delegation headed by World Health Organization (WHO) Resident Representative in Mongolia, Sergey Diorditsa, Coordinator at Tuberculosis and Leprosy Elimination Unit of WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Tauhid Islam and WHO specialist in Geneva, Nobuyuki Nishikiori. At the meeting, the delegation thanked Mongolia for being highly concerned with tuberculosis and special attention of its Parliament and Prime Minister as well as establishing a lobby group against the disease and expressed hope the group will be active further and work on addressing pressing issues. They also highlighted the importance of increasing participation of not only the health sector, but also other sectors in combating tuberculosis, creating a document regarding cross-sector responsibility and formulating an action plan. MP Baatarbileg noted that a goal is set to have a tuberculosis hospital in 2020-2021 and the Parliament, the Government, as well as the lobby group have been attentive towards improving legal climate regarding the disease. Moreover, the MP’s proposal made during the meeting to establish a Memorandum of Cooperation on tuberculosis was agreed by the WHO side.