On 28 February Minister Jo Vandeurzen received his Iranian colleague Hassan Hashemi in Brussels. Minister of Health Hashemi visits Flanders to meet our health care experts.
Iran has one of the best developed Health care in the Middle East. In 2014, the Iranian government initiated the Healthcare Transformation Plan. This reform plan aims at increasing the quality of and improving access to health care. The Iranian delegation, led by Minister Hashemi, is now in Flanders to meet and talk with our Flemish experts in various aspects of healthcare.
Flanders Investment & Trade, for example, presented a number of Flemish companies specialized in hospital infrastructure and architecture. Flanders' Care, a program of the Flemish Government committed to innovation and entrepreneurship in care, presented their approach and operation. After meeting Minister Vandeurzen, the Iranian delegation paid a visit to Campus Gasthuisberg of the University Hospital Leuven.
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