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Overview Since 2010, more than one hundred countries have requested policy support and technical advice for universal health coverage (UHC) reform from the World Health Organization (WHO). As part of the response, WHO set up […]
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Abstract: The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has been exhausting the entire global economy. As the greatest challenge to sustainable development in all societies and health systems, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and their relevant risk factors […]
The Health Equity Research Center assembled a national webinar titled “Equity in Health During COVID-19” on Dec 1, 2020, with goals of addressing and discussing the different aspects and impacts of the corona-virus pandemic on […]
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National Webinar on the pandemic at hand The Health Equity Research Center intends to host a webinar on Tuesday, Dec 1, 2020, to address the current pandemic, discuss the challenges it created for our country’s […]
Meeting with the approach of reducing inequities and social harm: Health Equity Research Center, in collaboration with the research department of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, hosted this meeting on February 18, 2016; with the […]
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Abstract Background: The consequences of climate change are highly impeding the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) anywhere, especially in low and middle-income countries. While climate change scales up, its health-related risks increase, which in […]
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Abstract Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is currently causing various challenges for all countries around the world. Accordingly, the WHO is placing a great emphasis on the global partnership and allinaces to drive countries towards developing […]
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Abstract Background: To date, there is no synthesized evidence about the technical efficiency (TE) of cross-country tobacco control policies. This study aims to measure the efficiency and productivity of tobacco control policies across 16 selected […]
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Abstract Background: Healthcare systems are always facing increasing public demands to provide better services. Therefore, countries always need more resources and are constantly seeking more fiscal space for health. Freeing up resources through improving efficiency […]
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Abstract On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) a global pandemic. With over five million infected people and more than 343,000 casualties across 213 countries (World Health Organization 2020b) […]
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