More than 1.31 million Iranians donated blood over the first seven months of the current [Iranian calendar] year which started on March 21, the Blood Transfusion Organization spokesman has said. A total of 1.625 million people referred to the blood donation centers nationwide over the seven-month period, IRNA quoted Abbas Sedaqat saying on Sunday....

MNA In a letter to Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Iranian Minister of Health Saeed Namaki called for a global request for an end to the US illegal and unilateral sanctions that endanger global health. In his letter to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Namaki first presented a report on the state of the fight ...

MNA In an effort to strengthen the countrys response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) delivered 100 ultrasound imaging machines to Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education. These devices are important for the evaluation of COVID-19 patients. They will be delivered to many hospitals across the country to be installed ...

Tasnim The World Health Organizations representative in Iran, Christoph Hamelmann, hailed the Islamic Republics emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic, saying also that WHO is supporting the national efforts to turn the course of the disease. "By delivering vital equipment and medicines? training health workers? and raising awareness in communities? ...

IRNA - Irans Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Sunday that the World Health Organization commended Iran's procedure for everyday reporting COVID-19 contractions, medical treatments and fatalities. Commenting on some reports made by foreign media on the COVID19 death toll in Iran, Lari said if definitions and indices are changed,...

IRNA - The World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered 16 CT scan machines to strengthen Irans emergency response to COVID-19. CT scanning is a key component of the clinical diagnosis of COVID-19 patients. The units, worth more than $4 million, were procured by WHO through support from the Government of Japan and the State of Kuwait. As the ...

Tasnim Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman deplored US President Donald Trumps announcement that he was ending US ties with the World Health Organization amid the global fight against COVID-19, saying that Washington has been seeking a scapegoat to hide its debacle. In the new chapter of its withdrawal series, & amid a pandemic that has rattled ...

Press TV - Iran has criticized US President Donald Trumps ultimatum to the World Health Organization (WHO) over COVID-19 handling amid the global battle against the deadly coronavirus pandemic. As global health is at stake & we need global solidarity & science-led leadership more than ever, Trump's letter to @WHO Director-General is undermining ...

MNA According to the latest statistics of World Health Organization (WHO), Islamic Republic of Iran stood at the third rank after China and the United States in the field of clinical research and experiments with the aim of examining the effectiveness of treatment strategies against the coronavirus pandemic. China, United States, Iran and Spain ...

Tehran Times - The World Health Organization (WHO) has so far announced clinical trials of only 12 countries, including Iran, with scientific and high-level research capabilities that can be cited worldwide, head of Tehran coronavirus control committee has said. In Tehran alone, 125 clinical trials with research and high scientific standards are ...

Relief Web - The World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered additional medicines to the Islamic Republic of Iran for its participation in the Solidarity Trial, a global effort to find an effective treatment for COVID-19. The Solidarity Trial is a large, international study designed to discover which treatments for COVID-19 are the most effective....

Tasnim Irans Foreign Ministry Spokesman denounced the US presidents decision to halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) amid the coronavirus pandemic as a crime against humanity and yet another step to undermine international institutions. In a statement on Wednesday, Seyed Abbas Mousavi voiced concern about the US presidents decision ...

IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister in a message on Wednesday criticized US for defunding the World Health Organization (WHO), saying US bullying is killing people. "The world is learning what Iran has known & experienced all along: US regime's bullying, threatening & vainglorious blathering isnt just an addiction: it kills people," Zarif wrote ...

Tasnim By highlighting the theme of this years World Health Day as Support nurses and midwives, the WHO restated the critical role that nurses and midwives play in keeping the world healthy. Nurses account for more than half of all the worlds health workers, providing vital services throughout the health system. Historically, as well as today, ...

Press TV - Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) says the Islamic Republic of Iran is doing its best in fight against the novel coronavirus despite a lack of sufficient equipment and facilities mainly caused by the US sanctions. "We know that Iran is doing its best, all it can ... that's what I appreciated," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus ...

Reuters - Turkey confirmed its first case of the coronavirus on Wednesday, becoming the last major economy to report an outbreak after taking what the World Health Organization (WHO) described as vigilant, cautious measures to delay the disease. Turkeys tourism sector, which accounts for about 13% of its economy, stepped up calls on the government ...

IRNA World Health Organization representatives on Tuesday hailed Iran's measures at the university and capital Tehran to counter coronavirus outbreak as valuable and admirable. Touring Sorkheh Hesar and Khaqani care units and Shemiranant Health Center, the Emergency Director for WHOs Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Richard Brennan ...

IRNA -- Emergency Director of the Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) for the Eastern Mediterranean Richard Brennan on Sunday described management of coronavirus in Iran as following the right path, saying that Qom enjoys the capacity to overcome coronavirus. Talking to reporters in Qom's University Medical Sciences, he described ...

Press TV - The World health Organization has sent its experts to Iran to evaluate Irans response to the Coronavirus and provide support where theres a need. The meeting came as scores of people have died from the coronavirus in Iran and thousands are infected. This as Iran is grappling with another challenge. The US sanctions have made it impossible ...

IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message said Iran's embassies in foreign countries are doing their best to return those citizens who have been stranded due to the outbreak of coronavirus. "We have citizens stranded abroad with flight cancellations due to the #COVID19 pandemic," Zarif tweeted on Friday. He added: "In ...