Kalipso Chalkidou met with the Iraqi Deputy Health Minister, Dr Sattar Jabbar Al-Saedi along with a senior delegation from the Iraqi  Ministry of Health as part of the Ministry’s mission to improve bilateral relations regarding healthcare with the UK. During the meeting they discussed NICE International’s work on maternal mortality in India and work in China on pathways of care for stroke and explored areas of future collaboration specifically on quality improvement in high priority diseases and conditions for Iraq.