The 65th Medical Universities Meeting Is held at the Presence of the Minister of Health at TUMS

The 65th Medical Universities Meeting Is held at the Presence of the Minister of Health at TUMS
Date: 12/26/2010

TUMSPR News: In the state’s Medical Universities Chancellors meeting held at the presence of the Minister of Health at TUMS headquarters, Dr. Bagher Larijani announced the allocation of three percent of the gross domestic product to research on December 23, 2010.

At the 65th medical universities chancellors meeting held at the presence of the Minister of Health at Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Dr. Bagher Larijani, TUMS chancellor, announced the allocation of three percent of the state’s gross domestic product to research on December 23, 2010.

The head of Policy Making Council of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, added that materialization of the 20-year plan of the country necessitated a precise programming and timing and the scientific plan of the country was a comprehensive, dynamic and coordinated set of goals and policies which entailed strategic planning based on its Islamic-Iranian values for attaining the state’s goals.

Referring to the latest meeting of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution on December 21, 2010, the chancellor indicated that the scientific plan of the country had been passed and an emphasis had been placed on scientific endeavours, innovation and technology, especially in the health sector.

Dr. Larijani was quoted as saying that 3% of the gross domestic product (GDP) had been allocated to research and financial and non-financial support of the elite, reform in the educational and research system of the country and promotion of social sciences, all had been emphasized in the plan as there had been plans for the empowerment of the non-governmental sector for a meaningful participation in the production of knowledge and science.

Adding that the health sector’s role in the scientific plan of the country had been prepared, Dr. Larijani asked other Medical Universities to follow the road map, take action to better adapt themselves to it and develop their own scientific plan accordingly.

Presently, the research budget is close to 1% of the GDP.

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