China-Australia health pact
November 18, 2015
Australia has signed new
health cooperation agreements
with China, focusing on the way in
which the two countries can work
together on a range of health issues
including communicable disease
control, preventative health, and
medicines policy.
Minister for Health Sussan Ley
travelled to China to sign the
Australia-China MoU and Plan of
Action on Health Cooperation, with
Chinese counterpart, Dr Li Bin.
The agreements continue a strong
heritage of cooperation, with the
first such partnerships signed in
Canberra 22 years ago, Ley said.
The countries agreed on the need
to fund new health technology
and treatments, efficiently sharing
knowledge on how best to
achieve this, including digital and
telehealth, as well as “Australia’s
world class public medicine subsidy
system, the Pharmaceutical
Benefits Scheme,” she added.
The agreements also reflect
agreement about the growing
burden of chronic disease in both
countries, and that this “requires a
more co-ordinated approach that is
centred around primary care”.
Ley visited the Centre for Disease
Control and Prevention in Beijing
to discuss communicable disease
control, reflecting China’s vital
international role in preventing,
reporting and responding to health
emergencies.
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