26 September 2018
Representatives from the Russian Ministry of Health and a business delegation from Hong Kong held a bilateral meeting on 26 September at the ministry’s National Medical Research Center for Preventive Medicine. The delegation from the Ministry of Health was headed by State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Health Dmitry Kostennikov. The business delegation’s visit to Russia is being supported by the Roscongress Foundation.
The meeting was also attended by Director of the Department of Science, Innovation Development and Management of Biomedical Health Risks Igor Korobko and Director of the Department for Infrastructure Development and Public–Private Partnership Andrey Kazutin. The officials and delegation members discussed the healthcare system in Russia, the health of Russian citizens, opportunities for investment in the Russian healthcare sector, the latest achievements in the healthcare industry using artificial intelligence and other technologies as well as issues related to research laboratories in Russia.
Kostennikov said that Russia and China have seen successful development in their relations in healthcare as part of agreements reached by a governmental commission. This governmental commission includes a subcommittee on cooperation in the healthcare sector.
“Relations between our healthcare systems are developing at a bilateral level: this cooperation concerns both medical organizations as well as medical universities”, Kostennikov said.
In turn, head of the Hong Kong business delegation Mr. Ronnie Chan stressed that he and his colleagues are interested in investing in Russian medicine: “We are ready to discuss these issues. We are particularly interested in your further actions to increase life expectancy. As you know, China has now overtaken Iceland and Japan in terms of life expectancy”.
Kostennikov said that Russia’s main objective now is to increase life expectancy to 80 years by 2030. He also briefly described the Healthcare national project that has already been established. “This project includes eight federal projects. One of them aims to develop medical care for foreign citizens – medical tourism – since a relatively large number of foreigners come to the Russian Federation for medical assistance. In Russia for medical care come residents of Europe, and the rest come from Southeast Asia and Africa”, Kostennikov said.
18 January 2024
Bahrain Joins Framework Declaration on Conservation of Gyrfalcons
The Kingdom of Bahrain has become the seventh country to join the Declaration of Intent for the Conservation of the Gyrfalcon Population. The document was adopted by Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and the UAE as part the Falcon Day International Forum, which was first held in Vladivostok during the 8th Eastern Economic Forum. The event was managed by the Roscongress Foundation.
06 March 2024
Selection Underway for Third Installment of Far East State Management Personnel Training Programme
The Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic has teamed up with the Far East and Arctic Development Corporation to implement the ‘Muravyov-Amursky 2030’ management programme, providing training for the civil service and development institutions of the Far East.
11 April 2024
2nd Falcon Day International Forum Dates Announced
The Organizing Committee of the 2nd Falcon Day International Forum met in Moscow under the leadership of Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Viktoria Abramchenko. The meeting was attended by representatives of the federal executive authorities and regional heads of the Russian Federation.
