Boudiaf calls for 'smart', 'win-win' partnership with Germany

Minister of Health, Population and Hospital Reform, Abdelmalek Boudiaf, pleaded Wednesday in Algiers for a "smart"  Algerian-German partnership in the field of health, based on the principle of "win -win."
Speaking at theopening of the first Algerian-German forum in the field of health, Boudiaf presented before the German partners, the broad lines of the modernization and reform of the sector policy, stating the potentialities this partnership presents for domestic and foreign investment.
The partnership relates to the areas of expertise, medicines, hospital equipment and finally, the upgrading of knowledge, he said, adding stating, however, the "preference" for the product of local investment "whatever was the nationality of the investor.
Boudiaf, who affirmed the existence of "incentive measures secured bythe financial regulations", likely to encourage potential investors, stressed the "profitability" the "size" of the healthcare market is likely to provide.
The modernization of the health system participates in the country's development policy, Boudiaf said.