Iran, Zimbabwe Mulling Expansion of Medical, Health Cooperation

“Razi Institute is ready to use its experiences to export vaccines and other biological products to Zimbabwe,” Head of Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute Ali Es'haqi said during the meeting in Tehran.

Masuka, for his part, hailed Razi Institute’s capabilities and its efforts to provide the ground for Iran to gain self-sufficiency in vaccine production, describing the activities of the Institute, including the recent production of the Covid-19 vaccine, as a source of pride for Tehran.

Also, Obert Jiri, the chief director Agricultural and Rural Development Advisory Services of Zimbabwe, pointed to the country's livestock losses by foot-and-mouth disease and Tiller's disease, and called for importing livestock vaccines from Iran, training of experts, and the transfer of Razi Institute's technical experiences to Zimbabwe.

In a relevant development, Zimbabwe’s minister of agriculture said that his country is after creating fundamental changes in the agricultural sector because progress in this field can develop the people’s and the country's economy, adding that Zimbabwe is planning to improve the agricultural mechanization and purchase tractors from Iran.

Masuka made the remarks in a meeting with Iran’s East Azarbaijan Province Governor Zeinolabedin Khorram.

Referring to Zimbabwe's interest in cooperation in knowledge-based fields, Masuka lauded Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, and expressed the hope that such facilities would be available in Zimbabwe.

He also pointed to Iran Dairy Industries Commercial Co. Products (Pegah) in East Azarbaijan Province, saying that Zimbabwe needs to produce 150 million liters of dairy products per year and currently, the country’s capacity is 90 million liters.

He called for paving the way for increasing dairy production in Zimbabwe.

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