Health diplomacy is soft power to advance health goals

According to Fars News Agency’s health group, the 17th meeting of the “Coordination and Planning Committee of International Affairs” on the topic of examining ways of cooperation with the countries of Cuba, Syria, Pakistan and Oman, with the presence of Dr. Seyed Mohammad Pourhosseini, advisor to the minister and director general of the ministerial area of ​​the Ministry of Health, Medicine and Medical training was held.

In this meeting, Pourhosseini mentioned the issue of health diplomacy and internationalization of the capacity of the country’s sector as one of the issues emphasized by the Ministry of Health, Treatment and Medical Education and said: Health diplomacy is actually a kind of soft power that countries use to advance their national goals. Health services are resorted to.

He added: Health diplomacy and the development of international economic cooperation in the field of health should be strengthened in the Ministry of Health, so that we can use the experiences of other countries and export health services to other countries.

The adviser to the minister and the director general of the ministerial area of ​​the Ministry of Health noted: For example, Cuba has made good progress in the field of biotechnology, and we should use their experiences by sending students and activate the chain of knowledge transfer.

Pourhosseini emphasized the detailed information about the capabilities of health in the international arena and admitted: We must export health services to different countries to help the country’s economy prosper.

According to the announcement of the Ministry of Health, he emphasized on the establishment of a health tourism system and a management dashboard for the international field of health and demanded the holding of an internationalization training workshop for university presidents and vice presidents.

In the continuation of this meeting, various international issues were discussed by the international managers of the vice offices and organizations, and Dr. Pourhosseini praised the team present at the meeting and added: these international managers have high capabilities, experience and ideas in the international field.

It should be noted that Dr. Mohammad Hossein Niknam – Special Assistant to the Minister and Director General of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Health at the beginning of this meeting, referring to the holding of this meeting, said: These meetings have brought good results for the international field and caused synergy between the various vice-ministers and Organizations under the Ministry of Health have become international.

In the end, Niknam thanked and appreciated the support of Ain Ellahi, Minister of Health, Treatment and Medical Education and Pourhosseini, Advisor to the Minister and Director General of the Ministerial Area of ​​the Ministry of Health in the international field.

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