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Visit by the Minister of Health and Medical Education, Iran to WHO Centre ImperialCollege London, November 8, 2008 (H.E. Dr K Lankarani, Minister of Health and 4 of histeam). The Centre director and other colleagues give a full description over a hal day, ofthe structure and function of the British National Health Services (4 countries) and thelessons could be learned for the 62 years experience of fully comprehensive andintegrated health system. Delegates were interested in the funding of the NHS,performance measure, clinical governance and people involvement in the health serviceplanning and delivery. Pre-prepared packages of text and slides were shared with thedelegates and the Centre was asked to provide consultancies on private-publicpartnership and health economics in Iran. It is planned that these assignments will beundertaken in 2010.3.7.2. Primary Health Care – Integrated Screening Management (Malaysia)(01-21 December 2008, London)Three-week training course. Malaysian Government-Funded fellows.Dr Rohaya Ahmad, Poliklinik Komuniti Peringgit, Melaka, MalaysiaDr Manjeet Singh, Klinik Kesihaatan Macaliste, Pulau Pinang, MalaysiaThis is a three-week WHO Fellowship programme designed to introduce fellows fromMalaysia on the best practices of health screening (all ages) in primary care settings.Candidates met senior policy makers in charge of screening programme at national andregional levels, and spend dedicated time in primary care surgeries and clinics to learnthe recent advances in delivery screening programme within and comprehensive and wellorganised primary care system in the UK.3.7.3. Research Translation into Health Policy (Iran)(16-27 February 2009, London)Training course. WHO Fellowship Programme: Four WHO-Funded Fellowships. Foursenior officials from IR Iran visited UK. These included Dr Siamak Alikhani, ExecutiveSecretary and Member of National Health Applied Research Coordination Council; DrAbbas Vosoogh Moghaddam, Community Medicine Specialist, Coordinator ofSecretariats for Health Policy and Reform Council; Dr Behzad Damari, CommunityMedicine Specialist, Faculty Member of Tehran Medical University and Consultant of theSecretariat for Health Policy Council; Dr Alireza Delevari, Secretary of High Council ofHealth, Secretary Board of Trustees of 42 Medical Universities, and Secretary of Councilof Health Policy Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Iran. Over two weeks ofinteractive training, colleagues visited and met key policy makers at the National institutefor Health Research (NIHR) (Dame Prof Sally Davis); local research networks (RickyBanarsee NW London PHC Research Network) and discussed the best practices totranslate research into health policy. Practical examples were shared from local healthorganisations and a draft plan for Iran was developed taking into account the challengesresearch community are facing in Iran.3.7.4. Visit of Delegation of the West Indies(11 March, 2009, London)The WHO Centre welcomed a visiting delegation from the University of West Indies todiscuss project collaboration on the development of a Public Health LeadershipProgramme. This initiative was funded and supported by the Department of Health andsponsored by WHO PAHO and the Faculty of Public Health - UK (Prof J Peter Figueroa,Dr Michelle Harris, Dr Celia Poon-King, Rosy Emodi FPH).WHO CC ICL UK ANNUAL REPORT 2008 | 09 18