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2025-05-09 14:55
Special budget allocated to rare, hard-to-treat diseases
TEHRAN – The administration has approved 120 billion rials (some 144,000 dollars) for treating rare and hard-to-treat diseases in the current Iranian year, which started on March 21.
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2025-03-01 15:17
Rare disease patients to get medical aid during Nowruz
TEHRAN – The ministry of health will provide services to patients who are suffering from hard-to-treat and rare diseases during the Nowruz (New Year) holidays, starting March 21.
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2025-02-18 22:00
Oxfam warns about explosion of infectious diseases in Gaza
Oxfam said there has been an explosion of waterborne and infectious diseases in Gaza amid the lack of safe water and untreated sewage overflowing in the enclave’s streets, according to Middle East Eye.
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2025-01-20 15:16
New rare diseases identified in Iran
TEHRAN –Five more rare diseases have been identified in the country, making the total number of rare diseases reach 456, according to the Rare Disease Foundation.
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2024-05-08 15:53
Sanctions are to blame for shortages in certain rare-disease drugs
TEHRAN –There are no restrictions on the supply of medicine for rare-disease patients, but some foreign companies prevent the sale of medicine to Iran because of sanctions causing temporary shortages of the needed drugs, an official with the Food and Drug Administration has said.
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2024-04-16 15:31
Budget to support patients with rare diseases to increase
TEHRAN –The health ministry plans to increase the budget allocated to support patients with rare diseases, an official with the health ministry has said.
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2024-03-25 13:39
Knowledge-based companies supply medicine for rare diseases
TEHRAN – Producing 20 drugs, including radiopharmaceuticals, anticancer drugs, sedatives, prostate cancer detection drugs, eye solutions, and traditional medicine, by knowledge-based companies has saved one million dollars for the country.
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2024-03-04 14:59
Rare disease patients to receive services during Noruz holidays
TEHRAN – The Ministry of Health will provide services to patients who are suffering from hard-to-treat and rare diseases during the Noruz (New Year) holidays, starting March 21.
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2024-02-26 14:35
More than 440 rare diseases identified in Iran
TEHRAN– A total of 442 rare diseases have been identified in the country according to a recent report by the Rare Disease Foundation.
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2023-05-13 16:43
Budget to support patients with rare diseases rises by 40%
TEHRAN – The budget allocated to support patients with rare diseases has increased by 40 percent.
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2022-06-24 16:31
$156m allocated to patients with rare diseases
TEHRAN – The Majlis (Iranian Parliament) has approved a total of 50 trillion rials (about $156m) for the treatment of patients with rare diseases, Health Minister Bahram Einollahi has stated.
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2022-02-12 18:27
Some $943m proposed for hard-to-treat diseases
TEHRAN – A total of 250 trillion rials (around $943 million) has been proposed in the budget bill for the next year (starting March 21) to support and treat patients with hard-to-treat diseases, IRIB reported on Saturday.