Luxembourg's development cooperation - Annual report 2013

Luxembourg’s development cooperation is continuing its commitment in Mongolia, which started in 2001, mainly through two bilateral projects: a training and capacity-building project in the financial sector as well as a telemedicine and cardiology project, which aims to cover the whole population of Mongolia. Due to the recent renovation of two operating theatres in Shastin hospital in Ulan Bator, cardiac surgery can now be practised there: previously the project was restricted to diagnosis. Luxembourgish surgical teams regularly go there to provide further training to the local medical staff. Mongolia takes part every year in the telemedicine conference (“Med-e-Tel”) which has been held for the last twelve years in Luxembourg and which enables the Mongolian medical staff to exchange their very useful experiences in telemedicine with other regions in the world.