WHO urges support for nurses, midwives on World Health Day
Tasnim – By highlighting the theme of this year’s World Health Day as “Support nurses and midwives”, the WHO restated the critical…
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Iran doing its best in COVID-19 battle despite lack of equipment: WHO
Press TV – Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) says the Islamic Republic of Iran is doing its best in…
Turkey confirms first coronavirus case, wins WHO praise for vigilance
Reuters – Turkey confirmed its first case of the coronavirus on Wednesday, becoming the last major economy to report an outbreak after…
WHO admires Iran measures in campaign against coronavirus
IRNA – World Health Organization representatives on Tuesday hailed Iran’s measures at the university and capital Tehran to counter coronavirus outbreak as…
Qom capable of overcoming coronavirus: WHO official
IRNA — Emergency Director of the Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) for the Eastern Mediterranean Richard Brennan on Sunday…
Not a proper time for anti-Iran sanctions: WHO tells US
Press TV – The World health Organization has sent its experts to Iran to evaluate Iran’s response to the Coronavirus and provide…
Zarif vows doing utmost for returning Iranians stranded abroad
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message said Iran’s embassies in foreign countries are doing their best to…
Zarif thanks WHO, friendly nations for solidarity with Iran against COVID-19
MNA – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed gratitude to the World Health Organization (WHO) and friendly nations for their solidarity with…
WHO chief: No evidence Iran covering up severity of coronavirus crisis
Press TV – The World Health Organization (WHO) says the mechanisms it uses to monitor the performance of various countries in relation…
Tehran reports 66 dead from coronavirus as WHO team heads to Iran
Reuters – Sixty-six people have died from the coronavirus in Iran and more than 1,500 have been infected, a senior official said…
Photos: Iran briefs WHO, foreign envoys on measures to contain coronavirus
ISNA | Amir Kholousi: Iran’s Foreign Ministry played host to a meeting to inform the World Health Organization (WHO) representative and foreign…
Iran briefs WHO, foreign envoys on measures to contain coronavirus
Tasnim – Iran’s Foreign Ministry played host to a meeting to inform the World Health Organization (WHO) representative and foreign ambassadors residing…
In letter to WHO director general: Iranian physician calls for urgent removal of medical sanctions against Iran
MNA – An Iranian physician and senior media activist in a letter to Director General of the World Health Organization asked WHO…
Rapid surge in Iran Coronavirus cases is ‘Very Worrisome’: WHO
Bloomberg – A surge in coronavirus cases and deaths in Iran is raising concern because the outbreak can’t be traced directly back…
Zarif lauds China’s timely response to coronavirus
MNA – The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif congratulated the Chinese New Year and praised Beijing for timely measures in the…
Health minister complains to WHO over US restrictions on Iran’s access to medicine, medical equipment
FNA – Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki in a letter to Secretary General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom blasted…
World bodies must break silence on US economic sanctions: Iran’s health minister
Press TV – International organizations should not remain silent about Washington’s cruel economic sanctions that also target Iran’s food and medicine, an Iranian…
Iran, leading country in health sector in region: WHO chief
MNA – Director-General of World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that Iran is a leading country in health sector in the…
Iran health min., WHO chief meet in Tehran
MNA – Iranian Health Minister Said Namaki met and held talks with visiting Director-General of World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in…
WHO assists Iran to enhance health system resilience against floods
United Nations Iran – World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MoHME) of the Islamic…
WHO supports Iran’s efforts to reduce road traffic casualties
Tehran Times – Christoph Hamelmann, World Health Organization (WHO) representative in Iran, said that WHO will highly support Iran’s efforts on reducing…
Islamic Republic of Iran and Oman improve collaboration over the WHO Healthy Cities Programme
Relief Web – A high-level delegation from Oman visited Islamic Republic of Iran to discuss achievements in the Healthy City Programme and…
WHO hails Iran’s efforts in containing contagious diseases
IRNA – The World Health Organization says Iran’s success in containing contagious and non-contagious diseases after the recent deadly flash floods could…
WHO envoy to Iran highlights commitment to serve vulnerable in time of conflicts, sanctions
MNA – Christoph Hamelmann, Representative of World Health Organization (WHO) in Iran, by attending a three-day (14-16 November 2018) international congress on…
WHO supports health development plan
IRNA – WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Ahmed Salim al-Mandhari said that Iran had executed Health Development Plan over past…
At least 471 people in Yemen infected by diphtheria, WHO warns
Press TV- The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that at least 471 people in impoverished Yemen have contracted diphtheria, a bacterial…
Iran health minister in Pakistan to attend WHO meeting
IRNA – The Iranian minister of health, who is visiting Pakistan, said the implementation of bilateral agreements between the two countries especially…
WHO ready to cooperate with Iran in materializing health programs
IRNA – World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in Iran Sameen Siddiqi here in this southern province voiced the organization willingness to cooperate…
WHO reports 50% rise in Yemen cholera cases
Press TV – The World Health Organization has reported a 50-percent increase in cholera cases in war-torn Yemen. On Tuesday, WHO announced…
Iran becomes WHO representative again for EMRO Region
, IRNA — Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization (IBTO) announced on Saturday that Iran became World Health Organization (WHO) representative in the Eastern…
Over half of Yemen’s hospitals closed, partially functioning: WHO
Press TV- The World Health Organization (WHO) says more than half of hospitals and clinics in Yemen are closed or only partially functioning,…
Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization appointed as WHO’s adviser
Tehran, March 5, The Iran Project – Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization (IBTO) holds the responsibility to advise the World’s Health Organization (WHO) in formulation…
Microcephaly’s link to Zika virus still to be probed
GENEVA, Feb. 20 (MNA) – The World Health Organization, WHO, recognized that there is growing evidence of the link between Zika and…
Aleppo governor discusses cooperation with UNECEF, WHO
ALEPPO, Feb. 15 (MNA) – Aleppo Governor Mohammad Marwan Olabi discussed with Hanaa Sanjar, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Resident Representative…
4 Feb 2016 – World Cancer Day 2016: ‘We can. I can’
Each year on 4 February, WHO and International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) supports Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to promote ways…
WHO warns of expansion of Zika to Asia, Africa
GENEVA, Feb. 03 (MNA) – The Zika virus and its likely link to microcephaly or neurological complications in newborn babies might spread…
WHO: Iran must raise Tobacco tax as per FCTC
A visiting delegation from the World Health Organization headed by Dr. Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva, head of WHO’s secretariat of…
WHO calls for urgent action to curb hepatitis
Geneva, July 27, IRNA — On World Hepatitis Day (28 July) the World Health Organization highlights the urgent need for countries to…
Iran warns WHO against Yemen’s deteriorating health conditions
Tehran, May 8, IRNA – Iranian Health Minister Seyed Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi in a letter to the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General…
More than 540 dead in Saudi aggression against Yemen: WHO
More than 540 people have been killed in Yemen since a military conflict began in the Arab country in mid-March, the World…