Seychelles strengthen ties in health with Zambia and Rwanda |02 September 2023

Health Minister Peggy Vidot with Health Minister Sylvia Masebo of Zambia (Photo: Contributed)

Health Minister Peggy Vidot met her Zambian and Rwandan counterparts on Thursday August 31, 2023 in Botswana, on the side-lines of the 73rd Regional Committee of the Africa region of the World Health Organisation, to initiate new collaborations.

With the Zambian Minister of Health, Sylvia Masebo, Minister Vidot agreed to expedite the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU), through diplomatic channels, to facilitate Zambian health professionals to work in Seychelles as early as possible.

The MoU will also allow Seychellois health professionals to be trained in Zambia. Seychelles has a lack of health professionals while Zambia has a surplus.

Discussions have been ongoing between the two sides since early this year for the recruitment of doctors.

"With the MoU, Seychelles stands to benefit from a broader scope of cooperation, sharing of best practicnd capacity building," said Minister Vidot.

Discussions with the Rwandan Minister of Health, Dr Sabin Nsanzimana, is a follow up to the MoU signed with Rwanda in June this year during the state visit of Rwandan President, Paul Kagame.

Minister Vidot and her Rwandan counterpart agreed to the visit of a delegation from the Seychelles Ministry of Health to Rwanda for Seychelles to gain deeper insight into the health training facilities, the primary health care system and the use of electronic health information system there, among others.

Collaboration between Seychelles and Rwanda and Zambia represents a new approach of the Seychelles Ministry of Health to collaborate more with high performance developing countries.

Press release from the Ministry of Health