Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Iraqi Minister of Health, Saleh Al-Hasnawi, announced on Sunday that Baghdad will host an international conference on cancer next October, indicating that progress has been made in combating the disease, according to the Iraqi News Agency (INA).

Al-Hasnawi told INA that a meeting with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) addressed all measures taken by the Iraqi government regarding the disease, including a special program for cancer with a financing cost of 200 billion dinars (approximately $153.3 million).