A total of 1,000 health and sanitation inspectors will be mobilized to inspect public places across the country ahead of the Persian New Year (Norouz) holidays in March.
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Since the beginning of current year that ends in March, 13,421 homeless male addicts were rounded up in 52 raids, of whom 4,249 were confined for treatment of infectious viral diseases, and the…
In the next year’s budget for Tehran Municipality, a total of 80 billion rials ($2.1 million) has been allocated to house homeless women and their children in the capital city. The proposal for…
In line with plans to extend literacy coverage across the country, the Literacy Movement Organization is holding programs for illiterate parents of school students in reading and writing skills.…
Iran's top diplomat said on Friday that Tehran is "extending a hand" to neighboring countries to help resolve environmental issues that have plagued the Middle East for years.
Eating five portions of fruits and vegetables daily is considered sufficient for good health. But according to a new study, the greatest benefits come from eating 10 portions a day.
The number of deadly heroin overdoses in the United States more than quadrupled from 2010 to 2015 as the price of the drug dropped and its potency increased. There were 12,989 overdose deaths…
The State Welfare Organization has so far launched 32 HIV/AIDS clubs providing support for over 4,000 HIV-positive individuals.
The clubs are part of the SWO drive to provide social…
Half of all discovered pathogens are common between humans and animals, said Faham Khamesipour, scientific secretary of the first National Congress on Zoonoses. “About 1,800 pathogens have been…
Safe drinking water to the flood-stricken people in various provinces of the country, including Fars, Bushehr, Khuzestan, Kerman and Sistan-Baluchistan provinces was provided by the Health…
In the first 11 months of the current year that ends in March, Iran Police seized eight tons of illicit drugs in the southern Bushehr Province, said Arastu Torkaman, secretary of the Coordinating…
The fluoride therapy coverage will reach 100% in primary and middle schools within the next six years, said Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi. “The program aims to reduce children’s DMFT (…
There is a global shift in the approach to higher education by launching third-generation universities that play a major role in addressing critical problems by linking industry and the labor…
Close to 1,158 school buildings are under construction and 4,230 existing structures are being renovated and retrofitted with an aim to augment educational spaces and well as provide safe school…
The dwindling number of visitors to Turkey has hurt tourism and its connecting sectors, chopping off about one percentage point of GDP from the country’s growth in 2016, according to a recent…
About 10% of all historical buildings owned by the Revitalization and Utilization Fund for Historical Places (known by its Persian acronym SAABTA) have been ceded to private investors for…
The EU is considering the adoption of a US-style electronic travel permit scheme that could create a new administrative hurdle for British tourists after Brexit. Immigration Minister Robert…
The Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs is making plans to provide affordable travel facilities for the youth in cooperation with Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization,…
Even though various accommodation facilities offer discounts during the two-week Norouz (Iranian New Year) holidays, a large number of travelers still opt to pitch a tent at campsites.
Two major US airlines have started selling no-frills discount fares that do not permit most passengers to bring large carry-on bags to stow in the overhead bins.
The life expectancy of people in developed countries keeps going up, according to research by London scientists. In some places it could soon be more than 90 - and the gap between men and women is…
The number of hours allocated to physical education (PE) in school curriculums across the country is close to global standards, said Mehrzad Hamidi, physical education and health deputy at the…
Japan is providing assistance in the construction of 10 prefabricated school buildings in western Lorestan Province to create safe and standard education spaces for students in the deprived areas…
Medical teams supported by WHO have set up mobile clinics in hard to access areas of northeastern Nigeria. The teams are called “hard-to-reach” (HTR) teams because their mission is to reach remote…
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake jolted Kahnouj village in the southern part of the southeast Kerman Province, early Wednesday.
According to the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the…
