China, US help boost African healthcare

China and the United States will increase their cooperation in health assistance to Africa, including helping to build the first disease control and prevention center on the continent, according to a top Chinese public health official.

"Public health is one area in which China, the United States and Africa can reach cooperation agreements most easily, because it is in everyone's interest," said Liang Xiaofeng, deputy director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

China, the US and other international parties worked well together, with excellent results, on Ebola prevention and control in West Africa in the past two years, paving the way for future cooperation, Liang said.