Joint statement with the United Arab Emirates
11.03.2011 16:28
Federal Minister of Health Dr. Philipp Rösler: “We are strengthening the export opportunities of the German healthcare industry.”
The Federal Republic of Germany and the United Arab Emirates will further expand their political cooperation in the field of healthcare, the BMG announced. Federal Health Minister Dr. Philipp Rösler and the Health Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Dr. Hanif Hassan Ali, signed in the Emirate of Dubai. Federal Minister of Health Dr. Philipp Rösler described the agreement as an “important step”: “We are strengthening the export opportunities of the German healthcare industry in one of the markets of the future. In this way, we promote new jobs within us. At the same time, we are helping to ensure that high-quality healthcare can develop in our partner country.”
The declaration is intended to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in, among other things, telemedicine and hospital planning. An exchange of experts and joint efforts in scientific development are also planned. Detailed questions should be clarified by a joint working group. There have been close professional ties between the Emirates and the Federal Republic of Germany on health care issues for years. These should now also be deepened at the political level. Because of the economic growth in the Emirates, demands for quality of life and excellent inpatient health care have increased. The German healthcare system is considered exemplary in the Emirates. The signing of the declaration took place on the sidelines of the Arab Health trade fair in Dubai.
There, Dr. Rösler during a tour of the trade fair and visits to German companies about current developments. Arab Health is the largest and most important medical and health trade fair in the region and the second largest trade fair in the world after Medica in Düsseldorf. Manufacturers of medical technology in particular, but also healthcare providers, pharmaceuticals and dentistry, are presenting themselves in Dubai. With a total of 323 companies, Germany is the largest exhibitor nation. After his visit to Dubai, Federal Health Minister Dr. Rösler to the Sultanate of Oman today. Meetings at ministerial level are planned there. In addition, the minister will politically support specific projects by companies in the German healthcare industry and hospitals.