IRNA A comprehensive memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation between Iran and Venezuela in the field of pharmaceuticals was signed in a ceremony attended by Irans minister of health, treatment and medical education and Venezuelan foreign minister. The MoU, signed here on Saturday, underlined strengthening mutual cooperation on export of ...

Tehran, April 24, IRNA Nearly half the population in Iran is overweight with obesity becoming a growing problem. Health Minister Hassan Hashemi speaking on the occasion of the National Health Week (April 21-27) blamed consumption of unhealthy and calorie rich foods for the epidemic. He also warned about the increasing problem of heart disease ...

Tehran, Jan 5, IRNA Iran's Health Minister Hassan Hashemi said on Monday that Iran is ready to admit Iraqi students to Medical fields and specialized courses. According to public relations office of the Ministry, he made the remarks in a meeting with visiting Iraqi Health Minister Adila Hammoud Hussein. She arrived in Tehran on Sunday upon invitation ...

Birjand, S. Khorasan Prov. Dec 25, IRNA Cancerous diseases prevalence statistics in Iran are lower than that of advanced countries, but life expectancy in those countries is still higher than our countrys, health, remedy, and medical training minister said here on Wednesday. Statistics on death from cancer and diabetics in Iranian artists and athletes ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Health Minister Seyed Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi stressed that the country seeks to enhance its relations with the world states, specially in health and hygiene. The improvement of Iranian health systems performance at the international level is necessary, Hashemi said in a meeting with Iranian ambassadors and diplomats. He ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian Health Minister Seyed Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi and his Russian counterpart Veronika Skvortsova held a meeting to discuss various issues of mutual interest, including the export of Iranian-made medicines and medical equipment to Russia. During the meeting, which was held on the sidelines of the 67th World Health Assembly ...

The Iranian Minister of Health announced that the national health budget has a shortfall of 60 billion rials this year, emphasizing that the situation was inherited from the former administration. Hassan Qazizadeh told the Mehr News Agency on Tuesday February 25 that the government has made many efforts to address the shortfall in the health sector,...

Tehran, Feb 15, IRNA Visiting Afghan Minister of Higher Education Obaidollah Obaid in a meeting with Iranian Minister of Health, Treatment and Medical Education Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi called for expansion of educational cooperation between the two neighboring countries. Obaid also urged the Iranian side to prepare the ground for training Afghan ...

Iranian health ministry has marked World AIDS Day 2013 during holding an international conference held in the capital city of Tehran,Press TVhas reported. Many scholars, patients and representatives of international organizations and NGOs attended the conference to discuss ways of fighting against HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). A number of ...

Health minister says there has been a nine-fold growth in the number of HIV/Aids patients in a decade. The number of HIV-positive citizens in the country has skyrocketed over the last decade, Iranian state television has reported. On Sunday, health minister Hassan Ghzaizadeh told the state broadcaster there has been a nine-fold growth in the number ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Health Minister Seyed Hassan Qazi-zadeh Hashemi announced that Iran plans to produce seven new vaccines and also reduce its reliance on importing drugs by 25 percent in a four-year period. According to the plan, 25 percent of (Iran's) drug dependence will be removed in four years and seven needed vaccines will be produced ...

Tehran, Aug 19, IRNA Minister of health, treatment, and medical training said Sunday that his first priority was solving the problems with which the people are entangled for providing medicines, like scarcity, quality, and easy availability of drugs. Seyyed Hassan Qazizadeh-Hashemi in an interview with IRNA on the sidelines of the 11th governments ...