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Ministry of Health alarmed about smoking rates for children
Iran’s Health Minister has warned that Iranian students are taking up smoking at increasingly younger ages.The Shargh daily newspaper reported on Thursday: “The increase in smoking cigarettes and...
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Ahmadinejad dismisses health minister
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Marzieh Dastjerdi Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has removed his minister of health, Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi, after the minister criticized the government’s failure to provide adequate...
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Iran’s new health minister narrowly wins job
MohammadHassan Tarighat Monfared Iranian Parliament has narrowly approved the appointment of the new Minister of Health, Mohammad Hassan Tarighat Monfared, by a margin of one vote.The Mehr News Agency...
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Midwives protest hiring proposal by Health Ministry
Following a Ministry of Health proposal to engage midwives as nurses in hospitals, Iranian midwives staged a demonstration in from of the ministry building.The Etemad daily reports that demonstrators...
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Health Minister challenges law against birth control
Iran’s Minister of Health has challenged the new legislation passed by Parliament to criminalize vasectomies and tubectomies, saying the legislation is in violation of citizens’ rights.ISNA reports...
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Health ministry reports on system improvements
Iran’s Minister of Health reports that three thousand physicians have declared their readiness to serve in deprived regions of Iran adding that there is still a need for 1500 to 2000 more.He expressed...
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Iran ramps up efforts against HIV-AIDS
The Iranian Health Ministry announced that it will start offering various tests as part of its pregnancy services including the HIV test in 10 high-risk areas in 16 provinces.ILNA reports that Abbas...
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Health minister welcomes private sector role
Iran’s Ministry of Health says half of the country’s hospitals are worn out and in need of significant upgrades. Health Minister Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi said most of these hospitals are more than 50...
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Health officials reveal plans for dealing with Ebola
Iran's Ministry of Health says it is highly likely that the Ebola virus will be brought to Iran by travelers; therefore, strict controls have been put into place to handle such eventuality.The head of...
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Rising disease rates prompt call for preventive measures
Iran’s health minister has warned against the rising incidence of heart and brain disease in Iran and called for a widespread focus on preventive medicine.ISNA reports that Hassan Ghazizadeh spoke at...
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Nursing association slams ministry inaction in face of problems
Iran’s Nursing Association has boycotted Day of Nurses in protest to the health ministry’s neglect of their professional demands an failing to remedy the nursing shortage all across the country. The...
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