25 May 2023 – Islamic Republic of Iran hosted a 5-day subregional meeting entitled "First health care leadership and governance training programme" with attendance of G5 Member States, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan, and WHO, together with Tajikistan as the observer member. The meeting, held 6–10 May focused on...

Arrangements and coordination of the WHO team at the warehouse and assistance in the packaging of provided health-related and hygienic consumables for people living with severe disabilities 17 May 2023 – World Health Organization and the Association for Protection of People with Spinal Cord Disabilities joined forces to collaborate in reaching the...

A refugee living with a spinal cord injury is being assisted by the project team with the wheelchair donated at the Association for the Protection of People with Spinal Cord Disabilities 26 February 2023 – In its continuous efforts to extend health services to those most in need, the World Health Organization (WHO)  has just begun distributing...

Older persons from communities in District 6 of Tehran gathered in Laleh Park for the semi-final rounds of competitions. Credit: Maryam Mollaie     20 February 2023 – Ms Hamdam Moazeni, a 72-year-old retiree, is an active member of her local community. She has been a representative of the elderly population in District 6 of Tehran since 2012. She...

20 February 2023 – The G5 High-Level Expert Meeting on Health Cooperation welcomed the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari in their prestigious summit held on 14–16 February 2022 in Tehran aimed at joint work for joint health problems. The first of its kind in a series of...

WHO Representative Dr Syed Jaffar Hussain and H.E. Kazutoshi Aikawa, the Ambassador of Japan to the Islamic Republic of Iran 13 February 2023 – The World Health Organization (WHO), through the financial support of the Government of Japan, has launched a project that aims at amplifying public health and humanitarian assistance to Afghan refugees and...

22 December 2022 – The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, the WHO Country Office, the UN Resident Coordinator and the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of the Islamic Republic of Iran convened to unveil joint strategic priorities in environmental and occupational health. This event, held on 29...

15 December 2022 – The World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in the Islamic Republic of Iran, in collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and the Center for Environmental and Occupational Health of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, recently organized a high-level strategic meeting to...

WHO project team conducting the virtual briefing session. Credit: WHO/Islamic Republic of Iran 27 November 2022 – In line with progress towards results and to achieve the determined objectives of the ECHO project “Improving access to inclusive health care for elderly and people living with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic”, the World Health...

International Day of Climate Action 2022 was commemorated in an event jointly organized by WHO and the Air Quality and Climate Change Research Center of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences on 24 October in Tehran21 November 2022 – As a developing country with a diverse climate, Islamic Republic of Iran faces many climate-related...