The world can end the AIDS epidemic by 2030, the United Nations said on Tuesday, highlighting global success in rolling out life-saving drugs over the last 15 years.
The UN Millennium…
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The National Document in Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) is to be unveiled soon in the presence of Director-General of the World Health Organization Margaret Chan in…
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Iran Organic Association is lobbying for domestic production of organic meat and poultry, said Sadredin Niavarani, a member of the association.
New measures by the Food and Agriculture…
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The first real-life trial of the oral cholera vaccine Shanchol has been deemed safe to use and viable for protection against the disease. Results reveal that severe life-threatening cases of…
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The program to increase the number of rural family doctors or general practitioners (GP) has come into force in deprived regions, villages and rural tribal areas with populations below 20,000…
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The first conference on ‘Iranian Medical Nutritional Therapy in Treating Common Diseases’ was held in Tehran on Tuesday.
“The conference was a platform to introduce food therapy and healthy…
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Extensive illiteracy in the six provinces of Sistan-Baluchestan, West Azarbaijan, Kerman, Kordestan, Northern Khorasan and Lorestan, has prompted provincial governors to take action in promoting…
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No new cases of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) were reported in South Korea on Monday for the eighth consecutive day. The total number of infected remained at 186 and the toll at 36…
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As per the Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) directive, importers of mango from Pakistan must apply for health certification before arrival of the cargo. The import regulations have been notified…
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Tehran subway will be free on Eid al-Fitr (Sugar Feast) that marks the end of Ramadan, to facilitate people to commute to and from the prayer grounds on the day.
“All subway stations in…
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The Expediency Council has approved six environmental articles for inclusion in the sixth five-year economic development plan (2016–21), the head of the council’s Environment Committee, Seyyed…
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Global warming-induced food and water shortages may cause mass migration, competition for resources and state failure, providing fertile ground for conflict and terrorism, analysts warned Monday…
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Pending the approval of the Energy Ministry’s Economic Council, water tariffs will increase and those with high water use would be fined, said an official at the ministry.
Seyyed Rasoul…
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The number of female-headed households (FHH) was 1.2 million in 1996. The figure has increased to 2.5 million in 2015, said Anoushiravan Mohseni Bandpei, head of the Social Security Organization,…
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The process of installation of telecommunication antennas on Milad Tower will be completed within the next two months, said Alireza Sharifi, director general of the Tehran tower. The…
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The Social Security Organization (SSO) cannot be made independent of the government, said Seyed Taghi Nourbakhsh, head of the SSO, on the occasion of Social Security Week (July 11-17).
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The nationwide home radon testing project has commenced in Alborz Province and will soon be extended to all regions, said Ali Gourani, head of Health Ministry’s Department of Radiation.
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A sweeping government study of thousands of women has found links between birth defects and the older antidepressants Prozac and Paxil but has cleared other popular treatments in the…
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The bill to provide better protection to the transgender is being drafted at the Ministry of Welfare and Social Security and is in the stage of final modification, said Habibollah Masoudi Farid,…
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The Pasteur Institute of Iran started its work in the field of human plague control 70 years ago. Since then, no case of the disease has been reported in the country, said Mahmoud Jamshidian, a…
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Malala Yousafzai told world leaders they were failing Syria’s children, as the Nobel Peace Prize winner spent her 18th birthday on Sunday on the Syrian border.
The teenager, who was shot by…
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The World Heritage Committee assessed the condition of historical sites on the World Heritage List, as well as those on the verge of inscription on the World Heritage in Danger List.
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British travel companies and airlines are providing steep discounts to tourists going to crisis-hit Greece, as vacationers remain reluctant to visit the country fearing food and medicine shortage…
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Months of dispute surrounding the fate of Sabet Pasal Mansion in Tehran has drawn the ire of activists, with a member of Tehran City Council urging Tehran Municipality to step in and prevent the…
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Avian flu that was recently contracted by a number of backyard poultry in Mazandaran Province was successfully contained due to timely measures taken by the Center for Contagious Diseases…
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