Tehran, Jakarta to Expand Health Cooperation
TEHRAN (FNA) -- Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki and his Indonesia counterpart Nila Moeloek in a meeting in Tehran underlined the need for broadening of bilateral relations, especially in medical and pharmaceutical fields.
During the meeting in the Iranian capital on Saturday, the Iranian health minister highlighted the Islamic Republic’s policy in the health sector as more attention to providing health insurance, infrastructure, fighting malignant diseases and preventive measures against communicable diseases.
"The Iranian government is also building a medical record system for Iranian citizens. Furthermore, there were 66 medical universities in Iran and around 97% of medicines supplied by more than 1200 local industries. Iran is also building a number of industries in the field of medical devices,” he added.
Namaki said that about 67 percent of raw materials for the pharmaceutical industry in Iran are provided by local companies, adding that Iran is also ready to develop halal vaccines from Asian countries, including Indonesia.
The Indonesian health minister, for her part, said that her visit to Iran was one of the commitments to immediately implement memorandum of understanding (MoU) on health cooperation that had been ratified in Geneva on the sidelines of the World Health Council meeting.
"With a large population and geographical conditions, Indonesia has a number of challenges. Same with Iran at this time Indonesia is also fixing health care services, efforts to reduce mortality rates, reduce infant mortality rates and prevent complex diseases,” she added.
Indonesia has launched two programs; first the Nusantara Sehat Program where new doctors and health workers were assigned to remote areas and another program is the Healthy Food Movement (Germas) which promotes healthy lifestyles.
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Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki and his Indonesia counterpart Nila Moeloek.
During the meeting in the Iranian capital on Saturday, the Iranian health minister highlighted the Islamic Republic’s policy in the health sector as more attention to providing health insurance, infrastructure, fighting malignant diseases and preventive measures against communicable diseases.
"The Iranian government is also building a medical record system for Iranian citizens. Furthermore, there were 66 medical universities in Iran and around 97% of medicines supplied by more than 1200 local industries. Iran is also building a number of industries in the field of medical devices,” he added.
Namaki said that about 67 percent of raw materials for the pharmaceutical industry in Iran are provided by local companies, adding that Iran is also ready to develop halal vaccines from Asian countries, including Indonesia.
The Indonesian health minister, for her part, said that her visit to Iran was one of the commitments to immediately implement memorandum of understanding (MoU) on health cooperation that had been ratified in Geneva on the sidelines of the World Health Council meeting.
"With a large population and geographical conditions, Indonesia has a number of challenges. Same with Iran at this time Indonesia is also fixing health care services, efforts to reduce mortality rates, reduce infant mortality rates and prevent complex diseases,” she added.
Indonesia has launched two programs; first the Nusantara Sehat Program where new doctors and health workers were assigned to remote areas and another program is the Healthy Food Movement (Germas) which promotes healthy lifestyles.
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Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki and his Indonesia counterpart Nila Moeloek.