[Iran] - Tehran, Tokyo highlight cooperation in health care

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need to expand cooperation in the health sector.In a meeting in Tokyo on Monday, the Iranian minister emphasized the need for boosting
cooperation between the two countries in various fields, especially the participation of Japanese companies in the Iranian medicine and
coronavirus as a valuable measure.Amir-Abdollahian also described the progress of Iran in modern technologies, especially in the field of
medicine.The Japanese minister, for his part, stressed the importance of cooperation between countries, especially in the field of medicine,
and expressed his satisfaction with the progress of Iran in the field of medical technologies.In October 2021, the Government of Japan
signed a financial donation agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO) to support the consolidation of national efforts to respond
to the COVID-19 emergency across Iran.The agreement was signed between Syed Jaffar Hussain, WHO Representative and Head of Mission to Iran,
and Hirotaka Matsuo, Charge d'Affaires ad interim in Japan to the Islamic Republic, during a ceremony in Tehran.The grant aid project worth
$6.3 million aimed to provide a total of six MRI machines to Iran to strengthen its capacity to address the ongoing COVID-19 crisis in the
country
These MRI machines were projected to be delivered to public hospitals in five provinces of Tehran, Khuzestan, South Khorasan, North
the government of Iran to COVID-19, particularly in the diagnostic and therapeutic aspect
The MRI machines will not only serve the COVID-19 response but at the same time for a medium-to-long-term to many other illnesses and
system.The state-of-the-art 1.5-Tesla MRI scanners were projected to be installed in hospitals identified by the Ministry of Health and
Medical Education, according to the WHO website.A total of 6 MRI machines were delivered through the implementation of this project
The first 3 machines arrived at target hospitals, namely, Kosar Hospital in Semnan, Hajar Hospital in Shahrekord, and Pasteur Hospital in
Bam.Two other machines, destined for 12 Farvardin Hospital in Kahnooj and Imam Ali Hospital of Andimeshk.In May, the WHO representative
thanked Iran for holding the 26th G5 High-Level Experts Meeting on Health Cooperation and the 1st Healthcare Leadership and Governance
Training Program, IRNA reported.G5 countries (Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, plus the World Health Organization) took part in the
Bahram Einollahi referred to the unity and cooperation of the countries in the fields of health, treatment, and medical education as a
historical necessity.Achieving, maintaining, and promoting health is never possible in a regional way and does not happen in an isolated
group of five, we must look at health collectively and think about creating and promoting health in all countries.The health sector of Iran,
Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan is tied to each other
Today, with the relations and cooperation that exist in different sectors between the countries and neighbors, a disease is capable of
professors, students, and scientists can easily communicate with each other and travel to each other's countries without hindrance and
flood in Pakistan, which unfortunately left many damages and deaths
it can cause the unity and development of the cooperation of the G5 countries and also a prelude to the development of the health economy,
that the group of five has an exceptional position due to being located in a strategic area, and the formation of this group can be a model
for other countries.One of the major problems of the G5 countries today is management in the field of health, which requires the creation of
an up-to-date mechanism because management is the most important element in promoting health in the countries of the group of
the high prevalence and death rate of these diseases in some countries of the region, which imposes a great cost on the countries of the
collaboration.MG