Dedicated blood donor receives award from WHO Representative Dr Syed Jaffar Hussain 17 June 2021 – WHO and the Ministry of Health and Medical Education observed World Blood Donor Day on 14 June in an event organized by the WHO Representative Dr Syed Jaffar Hussain. The Ministry was represented by Dr Payman Eshgi, Managing Director of Islamic...

  Tehran, 17 May 2021 – Islamic Republic of Iran, as one of the self-financing participant countries of the COVAX Facility, has received a second batch of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine containing 1 452 000 doses.  The COVAX Facility is a partnership, co-led by Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi - the Vaccine Alliance and the...

Tehran, 6 April 2021 – The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, as one of the self-financing participant countries of the COVAX Facility, has received the first batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, consisting of 700 800 doses.  The COVAX Facility, is a partnership co-led by Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi,...

Tehran, 11 January 2021 - The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of the Islamic Republic of Iran have delivered life-saving medical and diagnostic equipment to public hospitals and laboratories across the country to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The procurement is part of the...

Introduction Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education is ramping up health awareness activities during the critical period of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is well-established that COVID-19 selects its victims from among individuals with pre-existing conditions, particularly those caused by tobacco use. Furthermore, evidence indicates that smoking...

Tehran, 18 October 2020 – The World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered 150 medical ventilators and 100 high-performance real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) thermal cyclers to the Islamic Republic of Iran to further support the country’s health system in its efforts to respond to the COVID-19 health emergency. PCR testing represents the...

Tehran, 21 July 2020 – The World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered 16 CT scan machines to strengthen Islamic Republic of Iran’s emergency response to COVID-19. CT scanning is a key component of clinical diagnosis of COVID-19 patients. The units, worth more than US$ 4 million, were procured by WHO through support from the governments of Japan...

The WHO shipment of laboratory includes supplies for influenza testing by real time PCR to prepare the country for the upcoming winter season Tehran, 2 July 2020 – The World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered necessary supplies to strengthen the influenza response of the national influenza centre in the Islamic Republic of Iran. While fully...

WHO continues to send COVID-19 test kits to the Islamic Republic of Iran to help diagnose cases and fight the pandemic Tehran, 20 June 2020 – WHO delivered another shipment of COVID-19 test kits to the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The shipment included 1600 laboratory test kits, allowing for 160 000...

WHO has delivered laboratory supplies to Islamic Republic of Iran to isolate and identify poliovirus strainsTehran, 18 June – The World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered supplies to the National Polio Laboratory of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The laboratory’s main function is to isolate, identify, and perform genomic sequencing of...