Malaria

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  • WHO, Japan further support Iran in eradicating malaria 2024-10-27 15:09

    WHO, Japan further support Iran in eradicating malaria

    TEHRAN -In an effort to enhance the capacity of the health ministry to address the prevalence of malaria in southeastern regions, the World Health Organization (WHO) in cooperation with the Government of Japan has procured 50,000 malaria rapid diagnostic tests as well as 4,902 mosquito dome tents.

  • No indigenous malaria cases identified in Iran 2024-04-28 16:18

    No indigenous malaria cases identified in Iran

    TEHRAN –All malaria cases in Iran are diagnosed in travelers and immigrants commuting to the country from Afghanistan and Pakistan, and no indigenous cases of the disease have been identified so far, IRNA quoted deputy health minister Hossein Farshidi as saying.

  • WHO, Japan renew partnership to combat malaria in Iran 2024-03-24 15:22

    WHO, Japan renew partnership to combat malaria in Iran

    TEHRAN – The World Health Organization has launched a new project with the financial support of the Government of Japan to revive malaria prevention and control in south-eastern provinces of Iran, which host vulnerable populations, including Afghan refugees.

  • Climate change hampering Malaria elimination 2024-02-03 15:27

    Climate change hampering Malaria elimination

    TEHRAN –Climate change and the floods that hit the southeastern neighboring country two years ago, have jeopardized the malaria eradication program and caused the cases of malaria infection to spike from less than 1,000 to around 10,000, an official with the Health Ministry has said.

  • No malaria deaths recorded in past eight months 2023-04-25 16:54

    No malaria deaths recorded in past eight months

    TEHRAN - A Health Ministry official has said that not a single death due to malaria was reported in the country over the past eight months.

  • WHO to review Iran’s malaria elimination program 2022-07-30 20:13

    WHO to review Iran’s malaria elimination program

    TEHRAN – The World Health Organization (WHO) will, by March 2023, dispatch a group of experts to Iran to review the malaria elimination program in the country, the head of the department of control and management of communicable diseases of the Ministry of Health, has said.

  • Iran on final step to eliminate malaria 2022-04-25 17:00

    Iran on final step to eliminate malaria

    TEHRAN – No indigenous case of malaria has appeared in Iran for three years in a row, so the country is about to receive a certificate of malaria eradication from the World Health Organization.

  • WHO praises Iran for controlling malaria 2022-01-25 17:27

    WHO praises Iran for controlling malaria

    TEHRAN – Iran has not registered any native cases of malaria for three consecutive years, Tedros Adhanom Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) said, praising Iran for controlling malaria.

  • IRCS in Sierra Leone to combat typhoid, malaria 2021-11-30 19:30

    IRCS in Sierra Leone to combat typhoid, malaria

    TEHRAN – The medical team of the Red Crescent Society (IRCS) started to provide services in order to fight the spread of typhoid and malaria in Sierra Leone.