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2021-09-14 16:37
Diabetes accounts for 8.5% of health care costs
TEHRAN – Over 8.5 percent of the total health expenditures of the country are spent on diabetes, Baqer Larijani, head of the Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, has stated.
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2021-02-19 17:05
Iran, a role model in West Asia for NCDs control: WHO official
TEHRAN – Iran’s measures to control non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is a role model for the Middle East (West Asia), World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Eastern Mediterranean, Ahmad al-Manzari, has said.
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2020-10-21 17:25
National Network of NGOs formed to promote ‘sport for all’
TEHRAN – The National Network of Non-Governmental Organizations has been formed to promote sports, especially cycling, athletics, and swimming, in society.
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2020-09-28 18:00
Iran attends UNIATF meeting on COVID-19, NCDs
TEHRAN – Iran participated in a meeting of the United Nations Interagency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (UNIATF) which was held on Sunday with the aim of examining the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the world.
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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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2020-01-18 18:49
Health ministry plans to reduce premature NCD deaths by 30%
TEHRAN – The Iranian health ministry plans to reduce premature deaths as a result of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by up to 30 percent within the next 6 years, director of the health ministry’s department for NCDs management has stated.
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2019-07-03 12:37
Iran facing prevalence of premature death, official warns
TEHRAN – Iran is facing the prevalence of premature death, deputy health minister Reza Malekzadeh has said.
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2018-11-29 02:16
IRAPEN ready to launch, aiming to control NCDs
TEHRAN- The first phase of IRAPEN, a program for early diagnosis of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), is ready to screen around 3 to 4 million people throughout the country, said Afshin Ostovar, the Health Ministry’s director for NCDs.
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2018-11-22 10:47
Air pollution leading contributor to NCDs
TEHRAN – Air pollution is the second most common cause of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) which has a high correlation with heart and brain stroke, diabetes and many respiratory diseases, deputy Health Minister 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.
