In a meeting that placed scientific dialogue ahead of protocol, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Mr Ali Al-Ogaili personally received Dr. Jamela Al-Raiby, WHO Representative in Iraq, and her accompanying delegation at Al-Turath University. The two sides discussed moving the relationship between the University and the World Health Organization toward a deeper institutional level, within a direction led by the Chairman to expand Al-Turath engagement with specialized international organizations and bring global expertise into the academic environment in ways that benefit students, researchers and society while giving university knowledge broader relevance to priority health issues.
The visit gained further academic substance through a scientific seminar moderated by Dr. Alaa Al-Hattab, addressing a range of health and scientific themes and creating a direct space for knowledge and expertise exchange. Discussions then advanced toward a more sustainable step through an agreement to proceed with a Memorandum of Understanding between Al-Turath University and the World Health Organization covering academic and research cooperation and the exchange of scientific expertise, creating the foundations for an environment in which theoretical knowledge can interact with health practice and international experience, and exposing students and researchers to scientific perspectives that approach health simultaneously as a field of research, education and service to society.
During her engagement with the University academic environment, Dr. Jamela Al-Raiby commended Al-Turath University scientific standing as well as its advanced laboratories, classrooms and educational facilities, emphasizing the importance of building stronger bridges of cooperation. The assessment of a specialized international organization reflects the University capacity to accommodate knowledge, expertise and future collaboration, adding another dimension to Al-Turath presence across spaces where international partnership, research, health, education and service to people increasingly converge within a mature institutional profile visible to both national and international academic communities.