TEHRAN – Belarusian Ambassador to Iran Dmitry Koltsov mentioned that his nation is focused on strengthening ties and cooperation with Iran within the fields of drugs, well being and remedy.
Describing relations between Belarus and Iran as pleasant in any respect ranges, Koltsov mentioned cooperation between the 2 international locations is progressing quickly in numerous fields and that strengthening medical cooperation can be a key focus of joint work, the Health Ministry’s web site reported.
The official made the remarks on Sunday throughout a go to to Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences to take inventory of the establishment’s medical, instructing and analysis capabilities.
Referring to the truth that about 1,000 Iranian college students have been finding out at Belarusian universities since final yr, the official harassed that Belarus has one of many largest medical universities on the earth and instructed boosting cooperation between the 2 universities by getting ready a draft settlement to be signed at a later date. Officials can comply with up on academic points by way of video calls.
Meanwhile, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences President Farhad Gholami welcomed the initiative, expressing optimism that creating cooperation within the fields of drugs and emergency care will promote and allow each universities to excel within the areas of well being, prevention, remedy and schooling.
Iran’s healthcare system is an instance
In August 2023, former Health Minister Bahram Einorahi mentioned that Iran’s well being system was some of the profitable fashions on the earth.
The World Health Organization has at all times had efficient cooperation with the nation, he added, IRNA reported.
He made the remarks throughout a gathering with ambassadors and heads of worldwide organisations in Tehran.
“International cooperation for well being improvement depends on intersectoral change and collaboration.
“Health diplomacy has improved considerably after the coronavirus pandemic. Health is a standard concern for everybody and a matter of significant significance, so it performs an necessary position in international locations’ diplomacy,” Iran News Agency quoted Einolahi as saying.
“The sustainable improvement of every nation will depend on well being points. Therefore, international locations ought to prioritize selling cooperation in medical schooling, sharing new medical applied sciences, creating well being and remedy programs, offering obligatory medicines and medical gear, and making certain equitable entry to well being companies,” he added.
He additional mentioned that medical schooling in Iran has reached a great stage compared with worldwide organizations and international requirements.
He mentioned home knowledge-based enterprises had made the nation self-sufficient to a big extent, including that it was a matter of delight that 95 % of superior medical gear and important medicines, together with the six accredited coronavirus vaccines, have been provided by knowledge-based enterprises.
“Medical tourism within the nation is creating. About 1.2 million international sufferers affected by persistent illnesses come to Iran for remedy yearly,” Einolahi harassed.
“We are accredited within the discipline of medical schooling and are honored to share our expertise with different international locations.”
In May 2023, Ricardo Leon Borquez, president of the World Federation of Medical Education, praised Iran’s progress within the medical discipline.
“Iran pays nice consideration to the significance of medical schooling and shall be one of many main members of the World Federation of Medical Education within the accreditation course of,” he added.
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