Iran Press/ Iran news: Iran's Health Minister Bahram Einollahi met with Hanan Hassan Balkhi, the World Health Organization’s director for the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office on Apr. 15, 2024. Balkhi is on a four-day visit to the provinces of Isfahan and Tehran to assess the country’s healthcare system’s capabilities and progress.
Her plan for the next two days will include holding meetings with health authorities, and the WHO representative to the country, participating in a G5 (the group of four countries – Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and Pakistan – plus the World Health Organization) meeting, and non-communicable disease campaign report meeting, and also paying a visit to the Iran House of Innovation and Technology (IIT) as well as some health and treatment centers.
Health Minister Bahram Einollahi announced the country’s readiness to foster cooperation with the World Health Organization’s Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office.
Addressing the meeting, Health Minister Bahram Einollahi referred to the unity and cooperation of the countries in the fields of health, treatment, and medical education as a historical necessity.
Achieving, maintaining, and promoting health is never possible in a regional way and does not happen in an isolated region, but requires the cooperation of countries, especially neighboring countries, he stressed. “To develop health in the countries of the group of five, we must look at health collectively and think about creating and promoting health in all countries, the Iran Minister said.
During the meeting, Balkhi lauded the health ministry for remarkable achievements and commendable progress.
She added: “I am trying to focus on three issues in the Eastern Mediterranean region: empowering human resources in the field of health, improving self-sufficiency in the production of medicine and medical equipment, and fighting against narcotics and treating addicts.”
She further noted that it's essential to hold talks with the member states to solve the problems of the Eastern Mediterranean region.
She expressed hope to travel to Iran to learn more about the implementation of the Family Physician Program in Iran.
On the sidelines of the international conference on quality and safety in healthcare in Doha which was held from February 21 – 25, Einollahi held a meeting with Hanan Balkhi, the WHO regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean, the health ministry’s website reported.
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