The chairman of Committee on Health of Milli Majlis Ahliman Amiraslanov, the chairman of the Executive Board of the State Agency on Mandatory Health Insurance Zaur Aliyev, the head of statistical division of strategic analysis department of Agency Tural Gulu are on a working visit to Seoul at the invitation of Health and Welfare Committee of National Assembly of South Korea.

The meetings as part of the trip held on June 23-27.

The speaker of the National Assembly of South Korea Moon Hee-sang received the delegation of Azerbaijan. The speaker gave information about the mandatory health insurance experience of South Korea, healthcare services delivered as part of the system, legislative framework in the sphere of quality control of health care system and spoke about the possible directions of cooperation with Azerbaijan.

The chairman of Committee on Health of Milli Majlis Ahliman Amiraslanov commended the existing cooperation between two countries and informed about the reforms carried out in health system of Azerbaijan. He said the current legislation is being improved due to implementation of mandatory health insurance next year.

The chairman of the Executive Board of the State Agency on Mandatory Health Insurance Zaur Aliyev informed about activities undertaken for implementation of mandatory health insurance in the country, experience and positive results achieved as part of pilot project. He stressed that the results of two-year pilot project show that Azerbaijan has the necessary conditions, resources, capabilities and capacity for application and future development of mandatory health insurance.

During the visit the delegation held several meetings with the minister of Health and Welfare of Korea  Park Neunghoo, president of Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service Kim Seung-taek, president of the Korea Pharmaceutical and Bio-Pharma Manufacturers Association (KPBMA) Won Hee-mok and  president of Korea's National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) Kim Yong-Ik. The delegation members were informed about health insurance system of Korea, general management of the system, delivery of healthcare services, application of IT technologies in health insurance and the monitoring tools.