Health and Hygiene

Iran-HRM – Ministry of Health raised alarm bells regarding prevalence of malnutrition in Iran’s southern port city of Chabahar.

Al-Monitor – The recent resignation of Iran’s minister of health, Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi, led to many speculations. Officially, insufficient allocations in the next Iranian year (beginning March 21) was cited as the reason, but commentators also referred to factional infighting within the Hassan Rouhani administration as well as shifting interests as a result of renewed sanctions. One hint emerged when a video …

PayvandNews – Hossein Baharvand, an eminent Iranian scientist, won The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) 2019 prize in biology, ISNA news agency reported. Baharvand is a professor at Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology. In 2004, he received a Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental Biology from Khwarizmi University.

Iran-HRM – Iranian Legal Medicine Organization announced that 12,261 people were killed in car accidents in the first eight months of Persian year beginning since March 21, the state-run ISNA news agency reported on January 5. 

Al-Monitor – After a week of speculation and rumors, President Hassan Rouhani has accepted the resignation of Minister of Health and Medical Education Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi, who quit over budget issues and accusations of corruption at the ministry.

Radiofarda – Iran’s health minister has resigned over proposed budget cuts, the official news agency IRNA reported, amid an economic crisis wrought by the reimposition of U.S. sanctions on Tehran.

Al-Arabia – Residents of Tehran complained about the spread of “bad odors” in various parts of the Iranian capital even as authorities appealed to citizens to help them search for the source of smell, Iranian media reported.

Iran-HRM – The Office of the Prosecutor in the city of Karaj has refused to authorize hospital transfers for prisoner of conscience Saeed Shirzad, putting him at grave risk of losing a kidney.

CHRI – Iranian political prisoner Saeed Shirzad could lose a kidney if Iranian authorities continue to refuse to hospitalize him outside of Rajaee Shahr Prison where he has been held for the past three years, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has been informed.

Radiofarda – Iranian Medical Council officials have warned about the negative impact of U.S. sanctions on the availability of medicine and medical equipment in Iran.