Press TV - The Iranian government has earmarked some $260 million to the countrys health sector in a fresh attempt to help hospitals and care homes cope with the new coronavirus pandemic. Iranian deputy president for budgeting said on Wednesday that the new lifeline had been made possible by drawing from Irans sovereign wealth fund. Mohammad ...

Press TV - The Iranian government has provided another $32 million in emergency funding to the health sector amid a nationwide effort to contain the new coronavirus. Irans treasury office said on Saturday that another $5 trillion rials had been paid to the health ministry on top of previous grants given by the government to hospitals and health ...

Press TV - An Iranian health ministry official says nearly a third of the population in the country is covered by the family doctor program as the government seeks to give all people a ready and equal access to healthcare services. Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi said on Tuesday that a total of 28.8 million people across Iran were receiving various health ...

Tehran Times | Hamed Khani: 1. Problem statement Sanctions are one of the punitive measures in international relations that have a lot of meanings. Sanction can be defined as cutting or restricting business and political ties as punitive action by one or more governments against a country that has violated international law. In international ...

Common Dreams | Vijay Prashad: The evidence is undeniable. The U.S. sanctions are seriously destroying Irans health infrastructure and are leading to immediate deaths and suffering of the Iranian population. In late October, Human Rights Watch released a short report with a sharp titleMaximum Pressure: US Economic Sanctions Harm Iranians Right to ...

Press TV - Human Rights Watch (HRW) warns that the USs harsh sanctions against Iran pose a serious threat to the Iranian peoples right to health, urging Washington to adopt swift measures aimed at facilitating trade of humanitarian goods with the Islamic Republic. The consequences of redoubled US sanctions, whether intentional or not, pose a serious ...

MNA Director-General of World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that Iran is a leading country in health sector in the eastern Mediterranean region and has managed to control the mortality of children, women and communicable diseases by promoting health services. Regarding Iran's health achievements, the World Health Organization ...

MNA Iranian Minister of Health and Medical Education Saeed Namaki announced on Monday that Iran is ready to expand ties with Lebanon in health sector. Making the remarks in his meeting with Lebanese Health Minister Jamil Jabak, Namaki said that Iran sees it its duty to support Lebanon. Iran has a high volume of facilities in health and medical ...

CNN - Ali only had two hours to save his baby's life. He careened through traffic and sped along highways to an east Tehran government pharmacy. When he saw some 800 people queued outside the facility, he dropped to his knees. Like him, they were waiting to obtain state-funded medications. "I cried and screamed, begging people to let me get through,...

MNA - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that one of the achievements of the Islamic Revolution is that it has reduced the country's health sector dependence on foreigners. He made the remarks Monday at a public session of the Iranian parliament to defend Saied Namaki for the position of Minister of Health and Medical Education. Hassan Ghazizadeh ...

IRNA Iran will document effects of the US sanctions on the health sector, deputy health minister said. The Health Ministry will document the effects of the US sanctions on Iran's health sector in order to use them in the international courts, Deputy Health Minister Ebrahim Golmakani said. He made the remarks in an exclusive interview with the ...

IRNA Irans deputy health minister for treatment affairs arrived in Turkey on Friday to exchange experiences in the area of health and treatment with Turkish officials. Qasem Janbabaei first met with his Turkish counterpart and a number of Turkish health sector managers where they discussed current plans in hospital management, development of hospital ...

IRNA - Health Minister blasted the US for imposing unilateral and unjust sanctions against the Iranian nation which will adversely influence the people's health. On Wednesday, Seyyed Hassan Hashemi added at the Project of Finance initiatives in the International Summit on Mother Health, Child and Nutrition in New Delhi, The World Health Organization,...

FNA - Iranian Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi blasted Washington for preventing imports of medicine to Iran, but meantime, said the US embargos would fail to cripple his nation that is neighbor to 15 regional states. "The US secretary of state and president are after deceiving the public opinion. I have said many times that speaking of ...