The mission took place from 16 to 19 June 2019, and 5 mayors and the Director General of Health Services of Dhofar governorate in Islamic Republic of Iran and 4 representatives of the Ministry of Health of Oman participated in it.
The Omani delegation met Iranian partners, including representatives of the Ministries of Health and Medical Education, Education and Foreign Affairs and the Municipality of Tehran. The teams briefed each other on work in their current programmes.
Dr Pirouz Hanachi, the Mayor of Tehran, also received delegation members in his office in Tehran to exchange view and discuss possible ways of collaboration with Oman.
Both sides agreed to increase the number of expert exchange visits, improve knowledge sharing mechanisms and experiences on the Healthy City Programme with a view to developing a regional model and also collaborate on education and knowledge transfer mechanisms for promoting community participation and intersectoral collaboration.
