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WHO chief hopes Covid-19 pandemic ends in 2023

TEHRAN, Jan. 05 (MNA) – The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday expressed hope that the COVID-19 pandemic ends in 2023.

Iran health minister arrives in Egypt for WHO meeting

TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) – Iran's health minister has traveled to Cairo to attend the 69th session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean (RC69).

WHO says end of Covod-19 era in sight

TEHRAN, Sep. 14 (MNA) – The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that the world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic

WHO says COVID-19 remains global health emergency

TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that COVID-19 remains a global emergency, nearly 2-1/2 years after it was first declared.

Monkeypox presents moderate risk to public health: WHO

TEHRAN, May 30 (MNA) – World Health Organization has announced that monkeypox presents a moderate risk to public health.

Einollahi:

US sanctions on Iran, Cuba led to countries' self-sufficiency

TEHRAN, May 25 (MNA) – Referring to Iran-Cuba's successful cooperation in producing the Covid-19 vaccine, the Iranian health minister said that US illegal sanctions against Iran and Cuba led to the countries' self-sufficiency.

WHO head praises Iran success in fighting Covid-19

TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) – The Director-General of the World Health Organization Dr. Tedros Adhanom has held a meeting with the Iranian health minister in Geneva during which he hailed Iran for the successful containing of the Covid-19 pandemic.

WHO confirms 80 cases of monkeypox in 11 countries

TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA) – The World Health Organization has said, about 80 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in 11 countries, warning that more cases are likely to be reported.

World Health Day 2022 commemorated in Iran

TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA) – World Health Day 2022 was commemorated by the World Health Organization in Iran in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Medical Education during a formal event organized on Sunday by Shahid Beheshti University.

Iran's Barkat vaccine goes through WHO approval process

TEHRAN, Feb. 21 (MNA) – As the only anti-Covid-19 vaccine in the Middle East region, the Iranian manufactured Cov Iran Barakat vaccine is going through the approval process of the World Health Organization to joint the club of approved vaccines.

Iran among top 10 in battle against Covid-19: Minister

TEHRAN, Feb. 19 (MNA) – The health minister Bahram Einollahi hailed Iran's experience in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, saying above 91% of the Iranian population have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

WHO donates 260 000 packs of intravenous solutions to Iran

TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) – In response to a temporary shortage of intravenous (IV) fluids in the country, the World Health Organization has procured and delivered 260 000 packs of various types of IV fluids to the Iranian Health Ministry.

Iran, Germany show high potentials in managing COVID-19

TEHRAN, Nov. 24 (MNA) – Benefited from high potentials and capabilities, Islamic Republic of Iran and Germany showed excellent performance in managing coronavirus, COVID-19, disease.

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Japan supports Iran with $ 6.3 mn grant aid via WHO

TEHRAN, Oct. 26 (MNA) – Japan has renewed its long-standing solidarity with Iran by signing a project agreement with the WHO Country Office to support the consolidation of national efforts to respond to the COVID-19 emergency across the nation.

2nd WHO statement on COVID-19 vaccination in Iran

TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) – WHO acknowledges greatly the increase in frequency of vaccination recently after deployment of international and locally made vaccines in Iran.

WHO recognizes Sahand as 1st awarded Healthy City in Iran

TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) – Sahand, a new town in the East Azarbaijan Province of Iran, has just been awarded as a healthy city under WHO’s Healthy Cities Programme.

New virus 'Marburg' registers 1st-ever case in Guinea

TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) – Guinea has confirmed its first-ever case of the "Marburg virus".

Iran to register Cov-Iran Barekat vaccine in WHO

TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) – An assistant professor of Pasteur Institute of Iran (IPI) announced on Sat. that Iran is getting prepared to register the Iranian-made coronavirus vaccine, 'COVIran Barekat' in WHO.

WHO chief:

Many countries not yet have COVID vaccine for medical staff

TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) – The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that many countries do not yet have coronavirus vaccine for their medical staff.

Japan to donate 2.9mn doses of vaccine to Iran

TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) – The Japanese Foreign Minister announced his country's decision to donate 2,900,000 doses of Japanese-made “AstraZeneca” vaccine to the Islamic Republic of Iran within the framework of WHO’s COVAX facility.

WHO chief says delta variant of COVID-19 reported in over 98

TEHRAN, Jul. 03 (MNA) – The highly contagious Delta variant, first detected in India, has been reported in over 98 countries and regions, according to the director-general of the World Health Organization.

Launching of Helpline in Iran for those keen to quit smoking

TEHRAN, Jun. 29 (MNA) – Establishment of a national tobacco cessation helpline and tobacco cessation service clinics across the Islamic Republic of Iran was celebrated and introduced in a formal ceremony at the Ministry of Health.

WHO:

Latin America among regions most in need of COVID-19 vaccines

TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) – WHO officials repeated their calls for the world’s governments to accelerate plans to distribute coronavirus vaccines to hard-hit nations, warning that many countries in Latin America continue to see rising caseloads.

WHO Iran representative submits credentials to FM Zarif

TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) –The newly-appointed World Health Organization representative to the Islamic Republic of Iran Dr Syed Jaffar Hussain submitted his letter of credentials to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday.

WHO to send 5mn COVID-19 vaccines to Venezuela

TEHRAN, Jun. 01 (MNA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) will send five million coronavirus, COVID-19, vaccines to Venezuela in July, the country’s president announced on Sunday.

World has entered ‘vaccine apartheid’ stage: WHO chief

TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA) – The Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the world has entered the stage of ‘vaccine apartheid’.

2.4 m doses of Covid-19 vaccines to arrive in Iran tonight

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – The spokesman for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Kianoush Jahanpour said Sun. that a total of 2.4 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines will arrive in Iran on Sunday night.

WHO chief:

Worldwide distribution of vaccine, ‘shockingly’ imbalanced

TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA) –The Director General of World Health Organization (WHO) lashed out that the distribution of vaccine in world and stated that worldwide distribution of COVID-19 vaccine between rich and poor countries is ‘shockingly’ imbalanced.

World Health Day 2021 commemorated in Iran

TEHRAN, Apr. 07 (MNA) – The World Health Day 2021 was commemorated jointly by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME) on Wednesday, April 7 in Tehran.

Iran receives 1st delivery of COVID-19 vaccines via COVAX

TEHRAN, Apr. 06 (MNA) – The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, as one of the self-financing participant countries of the COVAX Facility, has received the first batch of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine with 700,800 doses.