Along with women’s economic self-reliance, programs that are psychologically empowering should also be developed for them, said Fahimeh Farahmandpour, adviser for women’s affairs at the Ministry…
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According to Statistics Korea, the suicide rate in Seoul stood at 24.7, meaning 24.7 Seoul residents in 100,000 committed suicide last year and the nation’s average suicide rate was 27, reports…
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Ensuring the health and well-being of women, children and adolescents is essential to end AIDS, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in his message on World AIDS Day, December 1. World leaders…
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The Civil Servants Pension Fund under the auspices of the Civil Servants Pension Organization will offer pensioners and their family members free assistance to fight Alzheimer’s, said Hamed Shams…
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A commemoration ceremony for Hungarian Professor Ignaz Semmelweis was held during the conference on ‘Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy’ last week at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
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Fuda Cancer Hospital-Guangzhou (FCHG), located in Guangzhou, is a well-equipped cancer treatment center that is reportedly “well known” for minimal invasive therapy and innovative treatments The…
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Researchers have identified a biomarker that detects the most common lung cancer in its earliest stage. Scientists believe that the discovery could help increase survival of lung cancer patients…
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Cheap fares have spurred global air travel growth so far this year, latest data from IATA reveals.
The airline trade body reported a 5% fall in average fares for the first eight months of…
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A joint effort involving Iranian and Italian experts to restore and protect the world-famous Pasargadae in Fars Province has so far resulted in the successful restoration of about a third of the…
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The project to inscribe Arasbaran Forest in East Azarbaijan Province on the UNESCO World Heritage List is nearing completion, and the site’s dossier will be submitted to the international body…
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India’s union cabinet on Wednesday approved the signing of the agreement between India and Iran on visa facilitation for holders of diplomatic and service passports, local media reported.
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The Netherlands top hospitality management school will open a branch in Iran in the near future, travel news website Donyay-e-Safar reported.
Quoting Ali Rahimpour, a member of the Iranian…
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At the COP21 climate change discussions in Paris this week, the European airport industry committed to raising the number of carbon-neutral airports in Europe to 50 by the year 2030.
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The Tehran City Council (TCC) session for the second time last week saw the mayor joining discussions about social pathologies (behaviors and values attributed to particular social …
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A department of psychosis studies will be established under the auspices of Tehran’s University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, announced Dr. Hamidreza Khankeh, deputy director for…
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A one-month-old baby girl who was Guinea’s last reported Ebola case left hospital on Saturday, delighting medical staff and putting the country on course to be declared free of the deadly…
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No dangerous communicable diseases have been reported among pilgrims in Iraq, assured Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Seyyed Ahmadian, health and medical deputy of the Law Enforcement Forces.
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Iran Drug Control Headquarters aims to reduce the number of new drug addicts by 25% under the next five-year development plan (2016-2021), says Alireza Jazini, IDCH deputy secretary general. “The…
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Nearly 67% of deaths in people in the age groups 30 to 70 years occur due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs), said Dr. Ahmad Kousha, head of the Health Ministry’s Office for Non-Communicable…
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Despite a directive by the Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei that schools should provide education to all children, including those without legal status, only 10% of Afghan children were able…
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Sitting next to your boss may have a negative impact on the quality of your work, a study suggests.
Researchers in the Netherlands have found that physical distance is a key factor in…
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The government on Sunday unveiled Iran’s climate plan of action and instructed relevant bodies to do their share to help Iran meet its climate change pledge.
The instructions were issued…
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Over 10 joint environmental projects have been launched in the southern Bushehr Province since the beginning of the current fiscal year (March 21), according to the director of the provincial…
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A drop in the water level of the Caspian Sea will exacerbate environmental pollution since it will ultimately lead to a rise in the traffic of commercial vessels, said the director of Transit and…
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A UN summit aimed at securing legally-binding global commitments to curb greenhouse gas emissions has only a fifty-fifty chance of success.
So says a climate chief at the environmental…
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