Visit strengthens Brunei, Japan healthcare cooperation


Minister of Health Dato Seri Setia Dr Mohd Isham Jaafar with Japan’s Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Keizo Takemi. -: MOH

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/Asia News Network): A memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Health (MoH) and Japan’s Osaka University for training of health professionals, including short-term training for gastroenterology and general surgery, was proposed during Minister of Health Dato Seri Setia Dr Mohd Isham Jaafar’s working visit to the university in Osaka, Japan on Tuesday (Oct 3).

The minister’s visit is a follow up to a discussion between MoH with Japanese Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam Maeda Toru and Osaka University.

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