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2022-01-29 17:04
Iran, Armenia to enhance healthcare co-op
TEHRAN – Iranian Ambassador to Armenia, Abbas Badakhshan Zohouri, discussed expanded cooperation in the healthcare sector in a meeting with Armenian Healthcare Minister, Anahit Avanesyan, in Yerevan on Friday.
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2021-12-17 17:09
WHO supports Iran to address challenges in health workforce capacity
TEHRAN – A team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) Headquarters, as well as the Regional Office for Eastern Mediterranean, visited Tehran on December 11, to support Iran’s Ministry of Health in enhancing health care provision.
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2021-02-17 18:07
Refugees in Iran to get better healthcare
TEHRAN – A trilateral meeting on offering better healthcare to refugees in Iran was held in Tehran on Tuesday with the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Ivo Freijsen, in attendance.
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2020-12-04 18:53
Healthcare coverage for millions of refugees
Despite sanctions, Iran provides 3.5m immigrants with testing and treatment services
TEHRAN – Health Minister Saeed Namaki has said that the country has implemented testing and treatment coverage programs for 3.5 million legal and illegal Afghan immigrants despite all restrictions due to unlawful and unilateral sanctions.
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2020-12-02 12:02
By Mohammad Mazhari
Israeli blockade hindering COVID-19 fight in Gaza: ex-Palestinian health minister
TEHRAN – The former Palestinian health minister says the Israeli blockade against the Gaza Strip for more than fourteen years has affected all aspects of life in the coastal strip including health, educational, social and humanitarian aspects, especially as the enclave is facing the Coronavirus pandemic.
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2020-10-26 09:51
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Italian envoy highlights role of art in commemorating healthcare workers
TEHRAN – Italian Ambassador to Tehran Giuseppe Perrone has said artisans can play a great part in commemorating the healthcare workers who were sacrificed during the battle against the coronavirus.
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2020-10-04 21:56
By Afshin Majlesi
Iran sets sights on tourism rebound if coronavirus wanes, minister says
TEHRAN – The Islamic Republic of Iran is developing necessary infrastructure in the realms of traveling, accommodation, and human resources as it eyeing to jumpstart travels whenever coronavirus restrictions ease, Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan told the Tehran Times in an exclusive interview on Saturday.
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2020-08-25 18:02
Medical centers opened in memory of health martyrs
TEHRAN – The Ministry of Health inaugurated 164 medical centers across the country on Tuesday in memory of the healthcare workers who have lost their lives fighting the coronavirus pandemic.
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2020-03-30 12:17
World will fail again if pandemic fails to stop unilateralism, Zarif warns
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that if the global coronavirus pandemic fails to stop melancholy in politics and irresponsible unilateralism, the world and its "moral values will fail again".
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2020-03-29 12:13
Vaccine and antiviral medicine must be developed to contain Covid-19, president says
'We must tap all experiences around world': Rouhani
TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said late on Saturday that Iran must tap all experiences around the world in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
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2020-02-24 15:04
Coronavirus outbreak should not be politicized: government
TEHRAN - Ali Rabiei, the government spokesman, condemned any move to politicize outbreak of COVID-19, calling on political groups, parties and media outlets to refrain from accusing baselessly the country’s Health Ministry officials.
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2019-11-25 16:05
“Each Home a Health Center” to be piloted in 3 provinces
TEHRAN – A scheme called “Each Home a Health Center” will be piloted in 3 provinces of the country on Tuesday to promote public health literacy and improve health culture in the society, Mohammad Eslami, head of health plans management department at the Ministry of Health has announced.
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2019-10-30 11:29
HRW says Iran's healthcare system threatened by U.S. sanctions
When Ghazal had an operation at a hospital in Tehran to remove a tumor from her thigh, she hoped surgeons could take the whole growth out.
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2019-10-14 18:24
WHO lauds Iran's commitment to public health coverage
TEHRAN – World Health Organization Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has said Iran's commitment to ensure highest health standards for all segments of the population is commendable, ISNA reported.
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2019-10-02 18:54
Over 5 million health ambassadors trained in Iran
TEHRAN – Over 5 million health ambassadors have been trained and educated in the country to help eliminate diseases or reduce the burden of illnesses on the society, head of education and promotion affairs at the Ministry of Health has announced.
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2019-06-26 15:30
Knowledge-based companies find mechanisms to reduce costs of healthcare: Minister
TEHRAN – Besides manufacturing medical equipment and raw material, knowledge-based companies should find new mechanisms in order to reduce costs of healthcare system, the health minister Masoud Namali said, Fars reported on Sunday.
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2019-04-18 00:15
Free health care for flood-hit families
TEHRAN- The families struck by the flood will receive free medical care by the end of the crisis, announced Mohammad Esmaeil Motlaq, the director general for risk management at the Ministry of Health.
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2019-04-17 09:51
Iran to host World Health Summit regional meeting
TEHRAN- Iran will host The World Health Summit (WHS), one of the world's most prominent forums for addressing global health issues, announced the Iranian deputy health minister for research and technology.
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2019-04-07 08:55
Ground broken for enormous healthcare complex in Qeshm
TEHRAN - Construction of a giant healthcare complex began on Thursday with a ground-breaking ceremony in Iran’s southern Qeshm Island, ISNA reported.
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2019-03-10 10:18
Healthcare scheme to be implemented during Noruz
TEHRAN – A scheme offering 24-hour healthcare services will be implemented in the country from March 16 to April 6 during the Iranian New Year holidays (Noruz), the deputy health minister has announced.
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2019-02-24 09:14
Self-care application to start in 6 months
TEHRAN- A self-care digital application has been designed and will go on stream in the first half of the next Iranian calendar year (starting March 21), said Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi.