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During the 2006 NIKI trip to Iran, the Board of Trustees of NIKI also succeeded in meeting with the presidents/vice-presidents of major universities in Iran to discuss future mutual cooperation with NIKI. A variety of issues were addressed and great progress made. To the delight of all participants the prevailing mood was immensely positive with a full desire to continue more joint-projects with NIKI in the future. The partners in Iran expressed their unconditional readiness for supporting NIKI as a promising scientific NGO.
Therefore, we are pleased to report that a Collaboration Agreement between us and the universities in Iran has been successfully finalized to our mutual satisfaction, enabling a fruitful cooperation between NIKI and Universities inside Iran.
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Some objectives are finalized as following, with still others being currently worked on:
Opening NIKI office, NIKI-points, at the universities in Iran to facilitate the process.
Establishing Liver Transplantation Center in Tehran and Mashhad Universities of Medical Sciences.
Establishing Pancreas Transplantation Center in Shahid Behehsti and Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Establishing BLS and ACLS training courses in Masshad and Shiraz, Isfahan and Kashan Universities of Medial Sciences
Adjunct Faculty Scheme with Isfahan , Shahid Behehsti and Tehran Universities of Medical Sciences
Setting up new university departments/labs
Establishing a AIDS research center in Iran
Setting up Hospice, Supportive health system for terminally ill patients.
Clinical/ basic research collaboration
