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WHO in Islamic Republic of Iran
WHO supports training of trainers workshop on dementia and Alzheimer’s disease for the Islamic Republic of Iran
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...
WHO builds capacity on implementation of patient safety-friendly frameworks
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...
Equitable mental health services to underprivileged populations scaled up with WHO support
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...
First national training of trainers workshop on mass casualty management: Cascading the knowledge to enhance preparedness for mass casualty incidents
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...
WHO holds workshop on basic emergency care in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Tehran, 18 July 2023 – The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of the Islamic Republic of Iran, held a workshop on basic emergency care from 10 to 13 July 2023. Developed by WHO and the International Committee of the Red Cross, together with the International Federation for Emergency...
WHO delivers 3 MRI machines funded by the Government of Japan
18 June 2023 – The World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered the first 3 MRI machines as a part of a project that is funded by the Government of Japan aimed at strengthening the diagnostic capacity of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s health system. The state-of-the-art 1.5-Tesla MRI scanners will be installed in hospitals identified by the...
WHO and EU renew partnership to enhance preparedness and response to public health emergencies targeting vulnerable local and refugee populations
WHO country office team meets with managers of the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) as one of the partners of the WHO/ECHO project at NEMO headquarters in Tehran 7 June 2023 – The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new project funded by the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO). This project...
WHO and UN Resident Coordinator’s Office, together with implementing partners, open standard isolation room under ECHO co-funded project
29 May 2023 – Marking the success of about 2 years of hard work, WHO and project partners celebrated the opening of a standard isolation room in a select long-term care facility in Pakdasht, Tehran. The isolation room at this facility and numerous other facilities across the country have been set up as part of the project “Improving access to...
Islamic Republic of Iran hosts first health care leadership and governance training programme as G5 initiative
25 May 2023 – Islamic Republic of Iran hosted a 5-day subregional meeting entitled "First health care leadership and governance training programme" with attendance of G5 Member States, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan, and WHO, together with Tajikistan as the observer member. The meeting, held 6–10 May focused on...
WHO distributes health-related consumables in collaboration with a local NGO supporting people with spinal cord disabilities
Arrangements and coordination of the WHO team at the warehouse and assistance in the packaging of provided health-related and hygienic consumables for people living with severe disabilities 17 May 2023 – World Health Organization and the Association for Protection of People with Spinal Cord Disabilities joined forces to collaborate in reaching the...
