Iran Press/ Iran news: Christoph Hamelmann in a visit to the voluntary camp of Hazrat Zeinab (as) missioned with mask production in Khavaran Cultural Center on Thursday, noted that regarding sanctions, the World Health Organization has tried to cooperate with Iran's Ministry of Health and address some of the existing issues.
"Although sanctions have not been formally imposed on health issues, we are aware that in practice there are many problems in providing health items," the WHO official underlined.
Hamelman stated: "For this reason, we are signing a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Health, according to which the World Health Organization will assist the Ministry of Health in providing some of the required items."
The official made the remark that the Secretary-General of the United Nations also called for a suspension of sanctions against all countries at the time of the Corona outbreak, which was raising the issue by the world's highest-ranking official of the international body is important. All must be assured that we will do our best to provide access to medical services for all including the people of Iran.
The representative of the World Health Organization in Iran highlighted that at the national level, in order to provide guidance in the field of policy, it is important to be in the ground and see what is actually happening.
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