IEA’s Minister of Public Health leaves for Iran

Minister of Public Health, Dr. Qalandar Ebad, who is heading a delegation, left for Iran on Saturday where he will participate in the G5 conference.

Ebad and his delegation will discuss bilateral cooperation in the health sector with his Iranian counterpart, and short-term and long-term capacity building programs of the Institute of Cancer Treatment in Afghanistan.

The delegation will also discuss the health of Afghan refugees in Iran and progress of the hospitals being built by Iran in Bamiyan and Kabul.

The trip aims to secure assistance to increase capacity as hundreds of Afghans go to Iran every year for medical treatment.