Indonesia, Iran team up to enhance health, medical sector

Iranian Health Minister Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi and Health Minister of Indonesia Nila Moeloek have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the sideline of the Global Conference on Primary Health Care in Astana, Kazakhstan. The two-day Global Conference on Primary Health Care was co-hosted by the government of Kazakhstan, WHO and UNICEF. Health ministers from 194 countries took part in the event.

As per the MoU, the two countries will increase cooperation in the fields of health services, pharmaceutical products, medical equipment, medical research and development, prevention of contagious and noncommunicable diseases, traditional medicine, and crisis management.