Community-based programs
Director general of World Health Organization (WHO) lauded the Iranian community-based programs, and said that other countries of the world, including Pakistan, should benefit from Iran’s experience by using the same model.
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the remarks during a meeting with Iran’s Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi on the sidelines of the 64th WHO Eastern Mediterranean meeting in Islamabad, IRNA reported.
The WHO director general said that he is planning to visit Iran in the near future to enhance collaboration between Iran and the international health organization.
He said that Iran’s pharmaceutical industry is quite advanced and Iran is manufacturing high quality drugs.
“We can benefit from Iran in this area since access to drugs is one of the major problems that we have,” said Adhanom.
He proposed the establishment of a joint committee between Iran and WHO so that joint projects can be undertaken for public benefit.
The senior official also thanked the Iranian health minister for increasing the health budget. The WHO official said that Iran’s performance in cancer research is commendable and sharing this experience can play a very important role in dealing with the disease.
Hashemi hoped for further cooperation between Iran and the WHO, adding that Iran is working on so many health programs with the WHO, so cooperation must continue in order to complete the
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The Red Cross has warned that cholera, a diarrheal disease that has been eradicated
diarrhea programs.
He said that the government of Iran is working hard to reform the health sector for the betterment of the public.
“WHO assistance in this respect is
money and medical facilities it needs to battle the contagion, to which aid agencies and medics say the poor, the starving, the pregnant and the young are crucial for Iran.” the official noted.
He said that WHO can establish a regional or global hub in Iran to benefit from Iran’s experience in the health sector.
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Save the Children said in August that children under 15 represent nearly half of new cases and a third of deaths, with malnourished children more than six times more likely to die of cholera than well-fed ones.
Millions of Yemenis are
struggling to find food and the baking desert plains around Hodeidah are hotspots both of hunger and sickness.
At least 10,000 people have been killed in the Saudi-led war against Yemen.
The country’s health sector has been badly battered while a struggle over the central bank has left public sector salaries for doctors and sanitation workers unpaid.
Soumaya Beltifa, spokesperson for the Red Cross in Sanaa, warned that a lack of funds and health personnel were blunting efforts to eradicate the disease, making it unlikely Yemen would be healthy again soon.
“The cholera epidemic has become a norm, leading to complacency in dealing with the disease, not only by civilians but also from the various (aid) organizations,” she warned.