The staff of the hospitals receiving the imaging machines receive training on the use of the machines. Photo credit: WHO/WHO Iran 6 November 2023, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran – WHO, in collaboration with the World Bank and the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, is spearheading a transformative initiative to enhance access to...

National health authorities and the WHO consultant at the workshop briefing session. Photo credit: WHO/WHO Iran2 November 2023, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran – A new partnership between the WHO Iran Country Office and the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME) aims to provide essential technical support for the production...

The newly installed MRI machine at a recipient hospital gets into service immediately after installation. Photo credit: WHO/WHO Iran1 November 2023, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran – WHO has announced the culmination of a project that saw 6 state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines, which the Government of Japan generously funded,...

23 October 2023, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran – To combat childhood lead poisoning, the WHO Country Office in the Islamic Republic of Iran has teamed up with Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences to mark International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, from 22 to 28 October 2023. This year’s campaign is “End childhood lead poisoning”, with...

24 October 2023 – To further strengthen the fight against poliomyelitis, WHO has provided the Islamic Republic of Iran’s National Polio Laboratory with a cutting edge sequencing machine. This donation coincides with World Polio Day 2023, reaffirming the commitment of both WHO and the National Polio Laboratory to eradicate polio and ensure a...

17 October 2023, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran – WHO has announced the successful delivery of 6 state-of-the-art computed tomography (CT) scanners to hospitals across the Islamic Republic of Iran, marking a significant milestone in a joint initiative aimed at bolstering critical health infrastructure within the country. This delivery,...

10 October 2023, Tehran – Today is World Mental Health Day, a chance for people and communities to unite behind the theme “Mental health is a universal human right”. The aim of the global day is to improve knowledge, raise awareness, and drive actions that promote and protect everyone’s mental health as a universal human right.  WHO, in...

16 August 2023 – The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of the Islamic Republic of Iran, held training-of-trainers courses on patient safety-friendly frameworks to develop the capacity of health care professionals to implement these frameworks in the country. Dr Jaffar Hussain, WHO...

Medical team from Shirabad Community Mental Health Centre visited Zoleykha at home to deliver the therapy  15 August 2023 – A 32-year-old woman of Afghan nationality, Zoleykha lives in Shirabad, an underprivileged neighbourhood in the suburb of Zahedan, the capital city of Sistan and Baluchistan province in southeast of the Islamic Republic of...

Tehran, 26 July – To enhance the capacity of hospital emergency units for responding to mass casualty incidents, the Health Emergencies Unit of WHO country office in the Islamic Republic of Iran held the First National Training of Trainers Workshop on Mass Casualty Management from 16 to 19 July 2023 in Tehran. Twenty-five emergency medicine...