The International Relations Department organizes the international activities of the Ministry of Health by initiating and carrying out bilateral relations with health ministries of other countries and by cooperating with international UN organizations and international professional organizations in the fields of health and medicine.

The international activities of the Ministry of Health are carried out through direct contacts with Health ministries, international organizations and medical institutions, and through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in subjects of common interest: bilateral agreements, travel and visits of ministers and official delegations, contacts with international organizations, MASHAV - the Department for International Cooperation and policy statements.

Medical Aid for Foreign Countries

Year 1996

• Professional assistance and medical equipment for establishing an intensive care unit in a Hospital in Asmara, Eritrea

• Medical treatment in Israel for victims of the war in Azerbaijan

• Assistance in vaccination sent to Kyrgyzstan

• Assistance in vaccination sent to Kazakhstan

• Medication and bandaging material sent to Uzbekistan

• Medication and medical equipment sent to Yugoslavia, Odessa, Namibia, Burkina Faso, China, the Caribbean Islands, Mexico, Belarus, Costa Rica

• Training in Israel in various health and medical fields (AIDS prevention, supervision of food, etc.) for doctors from Cyprus, China, Slovenia, Africa

Years 1997 - 1998

• Training in Israel in children’s medicine and gastrointerology for doctors from Ukraine

• Training in Israel in health insurance and primary medicine for doctors Armenia

• Training in Israel in geriatric medicine, tuberculosis and lung diseases, hospital management, health economics and prmotion of health, infectious diseases and ophthalmology for doctors from Slovakia

• Training in Israel in mother and child health for doctors from Turkmenistan

• Medications sent to flood victims in Poland

• Medical treatment of Romanian girl in Israel (bone marrow transplant plus treatment for one year)

• Medications sent to Hurricane victims in the Caribbean Islands

• Medication sent to Bulgaria and Belarus

Year 1999

• Medication and infant food sent to Eritrea

• Medication and medical equipment sent to Ethiopia

• Medication and dispensable medical equipment sent to the Congo

• Medical assistance to fire victims in Samara, Russia

• Medical equipment and medication sent to Earthquake victims in Turkey

• Training in Israel of doctors from the Ukraine in pediatrics

• Training in Israel of doctors from Slovakia in ophthalmology

• Training in Israel of doctors from China in surgery

• Training in Israel of doctors from Cyprus in mental health

• Training in Israel of doctors from Russia in emergency medicine

Year 2000

• Medical assistance, equipment and medication sent to Eritrea

• Medical assistance, equipment and medication sent to Ethiopia

• Training in Israel of doctor from Slovakia in cardiology and doctor from Kazakhstan in family medicine

• Training of doctors from Slovakia in childbirth and gynecology, prevention of diabetes and ophthalmology

• Training in Israel of doctors from Poland in pediatrics

• Training in Israel of doctors from Romania in bone marrow transplantation

• Training in Israel of doctor from Turkey in medicine of the eye, ear and nose

Year 2001

• Medical assistance sent to Congo

• Training in Israel of doctor from Slovakia in cardiology

• Training in Israel of Doctor from Kazakhstan in family medicine

Year 2002

• Medical assistance sent to Georgia, Zaire, Tanzania, the Congo

• Training in Israel of doctor from Slovakia in cardiology

• Training in Israel of doctor from Kazakhstan in family medicine