Trends and geographical inequalities of the main health indicators for rural Iran

Abstract

Our findings indicate a remarkable improvement in most of the health indicators in rural areas. On the other hand, there is still considerable inequality among the rural population at a provincial level.

Deaths of children aged under 5 years and realted factors in the Islamic Republic of Iran: a population-based case-control study

“…In addition, more common between the parents was commoner among the cases than controls: being first cousins was 20.4% more likely among the parents of the case children than the controls (P < 0.001). No significant associations were found between the death of a child aged under 5 years and birth order, birth Our study suggests that the distribution of causes of childhood mortality in our country differs from global patterns, including in particular higher rates of congenital abnormalities and preterm births (7,13) The frequency of congenital abnormalities appears to be even higher in the Province (37%) than in the country as a whole (17%) (14). Our results show that consanguinity of parents is strongly associated with the death of children aged under 5 years, even after adjustment for various other factors.…”

Paul Tessier facial reconstruction in 1970 Iran, a series of post-noma defects

“…This series of patients also emphasizes the sanitary situation in rural areas of Iran in the 1960s which was much more extreme than one could think of nowadays (Asadi-Lari et al, 2004;Movahedi et al, 2009). Although Tessier's work was greatly needed the main battle was in the prevention of the disease.…”

“…The invitation of world-known physicians to Iran was also part of a greater effort to boost and modernize Iran's health system (Wolfe, 1997;Watts, 2008;Guichard et al, 2013). Noma (from the Greek "'to devour'") is a severe infectious disease usually found in extreme sanitary conditions, such as many areas of rural Iran in the 1960s (Ronaghy and Nasr, 1970;Asadi-Lari et al, 2004;Movahedi et al, 2009). Often preceded by a systemic infection (such as measles or malaria), it develops at a young age (peak age 1−4 years) and in conditions of malnutrition, poor local hygiene and medical isolation (Tempest, 1966;Bourgeois and Leclercq, 1999;Baratti-Mayer et al, 2003;Marck, 2003;Enwonwu et al, 2006;Feller et al, 2013).…”

A Review on the Country Health System, Its Challenges and the Corrective Solutions

“…Human life is changing and these changes in the way people live and work has left a great impact on her health, it tends to change the pattern of disease and death that has been called health transition (Movahedi et al, 2008). in many countries and to the extent that it affected history, epidemiological changes have been occured including changes in the age pyramid of the aging population, changing pattern of diseases to chronic diseases and accidents associated with the emergence of new technologies and expensive.…”