AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoMaternal Care: A remote Khuvsgul birth emergency highlights the risks facing expectant mothers far from hospitals: a woman in preterm labour needed a long, urgent transfer for a caesarean. The case underscores Mongolia’s push to make childbirth safer. Cancer Prevention: IARC, UNICEF Mongolia and the National University of Medical Sciences are exploring research on H. pylori, a major gastric cancer risk, to guide prevention in a country with the world’s highest gastric cancer incidence and mortality. Clean Household Energy: A proposed 2027–2040 roadmap would phase out household coal use; air pollution was linked to an estimated 2,895 deaths in Mongolia in 2021. Blood Supply: Hospitals need 250–300 units of donated blood daily, up from about 150 previously, according to the National Center for Transfusion Medicine. Health Cooperation: Mongolia and WHO discussed building health-system resilience to climate and environmental risks. Mongolia and South Korea also agreed to advance health projects, including a second National Cancer Centre named after Korean doctor Lee Tae-joon.
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