Health Minister Akmaral Alnazarova held a meeting with a delegation from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) led by Vice-President for South, Central and West Asia Yingming Yang. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
During the meeting, the parties discussed the current results of joint work and prospects for further cooperation in modernizing the country's medical infrastructure.
The main topic of the meeting was the implementation of public-private partnership (PPP) and concession projects for the construction of multidisciplinary university hospitals.
"In particular, the issues of the current state of a 300-bed facility in the city of Karaganda, as well as the development of investment proposals for the construction of such facilities in the cities of Aktobe and Semey were considered," the statement said.
The parties discussed cooperation mechanisms and issues of improving the regulatory framework for the implementation of the project.