A World Health Organization (WHO) delegation Saturday visited the headquarters of the International Islamic Relief Organization of Saudi Arabia (IIROSA) and discussed issues involved in providing health care for the needy, especially children, in some poor countries. Dr. Ayoub Khawaldah, WHO's Nutrition Adviser, and Dr. Fouad Hamed Mojlad, Regional Adviser for External and International Relations of the international health organization, met with Dr. Adnan Bin Khalil Basha, Secretary General of IIROSA, and discussed topics related to the strengthening of relations between the two organizations. The meeting discussed aspects of cooperation between IIROSA and WHO for the prevention of endemic diseases and epidemics that afflict poor countries. These diseases include child malnutrition, anemia and typhoid, Basha said. He stressed that IIROSA provides health services to poor countries according to available resources. The two organizations, he said, had already implemented a joint cooperation agreement to perform a variety of health programs in Asia and Africa particularly in areas affected by chronic diseases. IIROSA is cooperating with WHO in the implementation of three training courses for non-qualified midwives in Afghanistan and is also financing health projects in Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Sudan, Morocco, Tunisia and Yemen on patient safety in hospitals, said an IIROSA official. The relief body has also concluded an agreement on strategic cooperation with WHO for the implementation of a program to combat blindness in Afghanistan, which will include 4,000 eye surgeries and the distribution of 2,000 pairs of glasses for schoolchildren, he said.