Marie Kernec, Director of EHESP-International and hospital management expert, and Dr Laurent Chambaud, public health expert and former director of EHESP, carried out a needs assessment visit in hospital management in Laos from 30 January to 7 February 2024.
This exploratory week was organised around meeting with the Ministry of Health, visits to various hospitals of different sizes and contexts, meetings with public health training institutions and international partners involved in the health sector.
The visit helped to identify the specific challenges faced by Laos in terms of hospital management and to review the training programmes already in place. This visit will enable the experts to develop proposals to strengthen hospital management training in the longer term.
