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2020-08-25 17:53
Ministry of Health plans to reduce premature deaths by 25%
TEHRAN – The Ministry of Health is implementing a plan aiming to decrease premature deaths caused by non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by 25 percent over the course of five years.
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2019-12-07 19:16
22 medical tourism firms authorized in Iran
TEHRAN – Iran’s Ministry of Health has so far granted licenses to 22 medical tourism companies with the aim of organizing authorized facilitators for the booming business.
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2019-11-27 15:57
Iran, Japan sign MOU on medical services improvement
TEHRAN – Iranian Ministry of Health and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to improve medical services on the basis of medical management models in Japan, IRNA reported on Tuesday.
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2019-10-01 19:02
WHO assists Iran to enhance health system resilience against floods
TEHRAN - World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MoHME) of the Islamic Republic of Iran hold a two-day (1-2 October 2019) expert meeting in Tehran on Science-Policy-Practice Interface for Enhancing Health System Resilience against Floods in the country.
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2019-03-03 14:44
National document on rare diseases drafted
TEHRAN – A comprehensive document on rare diseases has been drafted in a collaborative initiative between the Ministry of Health and NGOs active in this field, head of the transplantation and treatment of diseases department at the Ministry of Health has announced.
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2019-02-05 20:34
Health Ministry teaches disaster preparedness to 2.5m families
TEHRAN — The Iranian Health Ministry has taught disaster preparedness to 2.5 million families in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (starting on March 21, 2018), Mohammad Esmaeil Motlaq, an advisor the ministry has said.
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2019-01-20 20:54
“DiaCare” national diabetes survey to get underway in Iran
TEHRAN — A national diabetes survey entitled “DiaCare” will come on stream in Iran, aiming to combat and prevent the adverse effects of non-communicable disease, Afshin Ostovar, the Health Ministry’s director for non-communicable diseases has said.
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2019-01-15 22:41
National document on sexual health training being prepared
TEHRAN – The national document on sexual health education and training is being prepared by the Ministry of Education in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, Tasnim reported on Tuesday.
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2018-12-22 21:12
Marriage rates falling by 5% annually, says health official
TEHRAN — The rate of marriage is dropping by 5 percent annually in Iran, director general for population health and family office at the Ministry of Health has said.
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2018-12-19 20:35
60 tons of hazardous medical waste pile up daily in southern Tehran
TEHRAN – Some 60 tons of medical waste containing infectious toxic substances, is being stockpiled daily on Arad mountain in Kahrizak, southern part of the capital, deputy supervisor for Tehran City Council Afshin Habibzadeh has announced.
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2018-12-18 11:00
Health Ministry providing services to 12,500 HIV/AIDS patients
TEHRAN — The Iranian Health Ministry is providing healthcare services to some 12,500 patients suffering HIV/AIDS nationwide, head of communicable diseases center at the ministry has said.
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2018-10-28 09:50
Ministry of Health to implement plans meeting elderly’s needs
TEHRAN – The Ministry of Health is developing and implementing various short-term and long-term plans to respond to the needs of elderly citizens, deputy health minister for nursing has said.
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2018-10-24 21:08
Iran plans to slash maternal deaths by 55% within 12 years
TEHRAN – Iran plans to decrease maternal mortality rate of 20 to 8.7 per 100,000 live births by the next 12 years, a decrease of about 55 percent, Nasrin Changizi, head of the maternal health department at the Ministry of Health has said.
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2018-10-22 22:10
Breast cancer, most common, increasing among Iranian women
TEHRAN – Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Iranian women and about 14 thousand cases are added to the number of patients with breast cancer in the country annually, head of the cancer prevention department of the Ministry of Health, Ali Qanbari, said here on Saturday.
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2018-10-12 20:23
Free screening tests, healthcare services for MPS disorder
TEHRAN —Iran’s Ministry of Health has planned on performing screening test for mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) to provide the patients with free of charge healthcare services, ISNA reported on Friday.
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2018-10-09 19:53
Rabies incurs $42m on Iran each year
TEHRAN – Rabies, an infectious viral disease spread to people through animal bites, impose health economic burden amounting to 1.8 trillion rials (about $42 million) on the country annually, head of zoonotic diseases department at the Ministry of Health has said.
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2018-10-02 22:00
Iran’s Noncommunicable Diseases Committee receives UNIATF award
TEHRAN — The UN Interagency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (UNIATF) award went to the Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) Committee of Iran’s Ministry of Health for making an outstanding contribution to NCD prevention and control.
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2018-09-10 16:27
Medical tourist arrivals in Iran doubles in spring
TEHRAN – Medical tourist arrivals in the country has nearly doubled in the first three months of the current Iranian calendar year, corresponding to spring 2018, from a year earlier, said an official with the Ministry of Health.
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2018-08-25 09:06
Mammography clinics, cancer detection centers to be inaugurated in months
TEHRAN – Some 50 mammography clinics and early cancer detection centers will be opened at universities of medical sciences nationwide over the next few months, an official with the Ministry of Health has said.
