Iran Ready to Control Cholera in Iraq

Iranian health ministry voiced preparedness to help control cholera in Iraq. The issue was raised during a phone talk between Iranian Health Minister Kamran Baqeri Lankarani and caretaker of the Iraqi Health Ministry Abul-Samad on Saturday, where the Iraqi official called on the Islamic Republic to assist his country in controlling cholera.

During the phone talk, the two sides discussed the outbreak of the disease in northern Iraq, and the Iranian official voiced Tehran’s readiness to render technical and training aids to Iraq and provide the needed equipment to help control the contagious disease and prevent its further spread in the region.