EuroChamโs Healthcare Committee, along with private sector representatives, had the pleasure of meeting ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ค๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ ๐.๐. ๐๐ซ. ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ on 22 March to discuss areas of cooperation for the future.
As Her Excellency noted, the Covid-19 pandemic has largely subsided and there is room to look towards other important issues on the horizon, including promoting investment in healthcare in the Kingdom and tackling substandard and falsified products.
She also encouraged the private sector to continue pushing for a digitalization of services and products to make processes more streamlined and transparent.
An overarching goal, the Secretary of State said, is to raise the average life expectancy of Cambodians while offering improved preventative and treatment services. Concerning curbing the supply of substandard and falsified goods in the industry, H.E. Dr. Vandine called on all stakeholders to take action, including suppliers, as it would take a team effort to tackle the issue.
From the EuroCham side, ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ. ๐๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ-๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ. ๐๐ก๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก spoke about collaborating on the upcoming White Book to be released this September.
Ms. Pech mentioned the importance of the upcoming Pharmaceutical Law to the sector as well as collaborative efforts to the health care skills gap, among other issues.