Health

Diabetes affects over 14% of Iran's population

Tehran, IRNA — Deputy Health Minister at Iran's Health Ministry, Dr. Alireza Raeisi has said that diabetes has affected over 14% of Iran's population.
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Iran hosts training program on ICU for Afghan healthcare professionals

Tehran, IRNA — Afghanistan has dispatched 40 specialists and nurses to Iran for an intensive one-month training program in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) management.
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WHO declares mpox outbreak a global emergency

Tehran, IRNA - The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the outbreak of "monkey pox" (mpox) for the second time in the last two years a public health emergency of international concern.
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Health staff in Gaza lack food ahead of Ramadan: Health spokesman

Tehran, IRNA — Healthcare workers in Gaza do not have sufficient food ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, media outlets have reported.
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Iran, Tajikistan agree on joint medicine production

Tehran, IRNA – The Iranian and Tajik ministers of health have discussed bilateral cooperation in the health sector to manufacture medicines.
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Iran ready to facilitate health tourism with Qatar: Minister

Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Health Minister Bahram Einollahi has expressed Iran’s readiness to facilitate health tourism with Qatar.
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Iran to provide free healthcare to children under seven

Tehran, IRNA – Deputy Minister of Health and Medical Education of Iran, Saeid Karimi, has announced that the country is to provide free treatment to patients under seven years of age in all public hospitals.
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National health survey

Doctors of Iran University of Medical Sciences screened residents of the region for high blood pressure and diabetes in the 'National Health Survey' by visiting the cities of Tehran province by bus and the villages of "Akhtar Abad" and "Mohammad Abad Qomshlo". The meaning of "probability of diabetes" is blood sugar of 126 and above, and the meaning of "probability of high blood pressure" is the number of 140 over 90 mm of mercury (14 over 9).
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Over 17.3m Iranians screened in National Health Campaign

Tehran, IRNA – More than 17.3 have so far joined and got screened in a National Health Campaign.
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Iran voices readiness to produce health products with Libya

Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Food and Drug Administration (IFDA) head, Heidar Mohammadi, announced Iran’s readiness to produce joint health products with Libya during a meeting with the deputy minister of health of Libya, Azzam al-Hadi Omar in Tehran.
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Health insurance available to 8,500 autism patients in Iran

Qom, IRNA – Managing director of Iran Health Insurance Organization has said that Iran is providing health insurance services to as many as 8,500 autism patients.
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Some 70% of Iranian adults are overweight or obese

Tehran, IRNA – Head of the Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences says some 60 to 70% of Iranian adults are either overweight or obese.
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Infection to hepatitis reduces from 5% to 1% in Iran

Tehran, IRNA – The head of Iranian Association for the Study of the Liver Diseases has announced reduction in infection to hepatitis in Iran as the disease has approximately been eradicated across the country.
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Iran, Pakistan discuss ways to enhance health ties

Islamabad, IRNA – Iranian Health Minister Bahram Einollahi and Pakistan Minister of National Health Services Regulations and Coordination, Nadeem Jan have discussed ways to enhance bilateral ties in the fields related to health.
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Iran offers free health care for under 7 children

Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Health Minister Bahram Einollahi has announced that free health care will be offered to patients and children under seven years old in all public hospitals.
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‘UCMs inflict immeasurable harm on health of people’

New York, IRNA – Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations Zahra Ershadi has said that the Unilateral Coercive Measures (UCMs) violate human rights and unfortunately continue to inflict immeasurable harm on the health of people.
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Iran, Iraq ministers discuss Arbaeen pilgrims' health on phone

Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Health Minister Bahram Einollahi and his Iraqi counterpart Salih Mahdi Motlab al-Hasnawi have discussed providing health services to Iranian pilgrims during the Arbaeen pilgrimage in a telephone conversation.
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AEOI chief: Iran will keep producing radiopharmaceuticals to meet health needs

Tehran, IRNA – The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Mohammad Eslami, has said that his country will continue to produce radiopharmaceuticals in order to meet the demands of the health sector.
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Iran Red Crescent staff seen off before attending Arbaeen pilgrimage

Members of the Iranian Red Crescent Society, including rescue teams and staff of health centers were seen off at a ceremony in Tehran on August 17, 2023, before attending the Arbaeen pilgrimage in neighboring Iraq. (IRNA photos/Asghar Khamseh)
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Iran to appoint first health attaché to Tajikistan

Tehran, IRNA – Iran's minister of health has announced that the country is planning to appoint a first health attaché to Tajikistan where Iran plans to increase its pharmaceutical marketing activity.
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Iran using home-made drug to treat cutaneous leishmaniasis

Tehran, IRNA – The Iranian medicine SINAMPHOLEISH, which has been produced with the help of nanotechnology for the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis, is presently available for use in health centers across the country.
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Syria, Iran to upgrade coop. in medical equipment

Shiraz, IRNA - Syrian and Iranian officials have discussed the expansion of collaborations between the two countries in terms of medical equipment and supplies.
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Why NYT sacrificed its reputation for report on Iran Leader’s health?

Tehran, IRNA – Leading American newspaper, The New York Times, which has always boasted of its mission to seek the truth, has recently cast serious doubt on that mission by publishing a report about the health condition of Supreme Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, based on unfounded claims and later insisting on them.
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Iran produces herbal medicine to treat children's asthma

Tehran, IRNA – An Iranian technology based company succeeded to produce a herbal medicine for treating asthma in children over seven years old.
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Finland hails Iran’s health system development

Tehran, IRNA – The ambassador of Finland to Tehran hailed Iran’s health system development, saying that his country is ready to expand health diplomacy with Iran.
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Official calls for Venezuela, Iran cooperation in vaccine production

Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Health Minister Bahram Einollahi said that Iran's capabilities in vaccine development and treatment are valuable and Caracas called for broadening ties of Caracas and Tehran in vaccine production.
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Pakistan-Iran resolve to further strengthen health cooperation

Islamabad, IRNA – Pakistan’s Minister for Health, Abdul Qadir Patel, held a meeting with Iran’s Minister of Health and Medical Education, Bahram Einollahi, on the sidelines of World Health Assembly in Geneva.
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Iran among world top countries in vaccination

Tehran, IRNA – Director of Preventable Diseases of Iran’s Ministry of Health Mohsen Zahraei said on Tuesday that Iran is among the leading world countries in vaccination.
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Pakistan's Sindh Health Minister briefed on Shiraz university health achievements

Shiraz, IRNA – Pakistan's Sindh Health Minister Azra Pechuho during her tour of a research center affiliated with the Shiraz University Of Medical Sciences on Wednesday, was briefed on its scientist' latest achievements in the fields of technology, production of medical items, and medical infrastructure.
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Over 5m people in Iran covered by free health insurance

Tehran, IRNA – Iran Health Insurance Organization (IHIO) has provided near six million people from three low-income deciles with free health insurance, the CEO of the organization said.
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