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Abstract Background: Social issues have always been a topic of discussion for human societies. But the fact that each sub-system of the bigger social system can result in social issues has usually been neglected. This […]
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 […]

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With cooperation and help from the National Institute for Health Research of Islamic Republic of Iran, experts from World Health Organization, national experts and researchers, Health Equity Research Center held a workshop to review ways […]

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A meeting on Jan 7, titled “discussion on equity indexes of our country” was assembled attended by Dr. Sadegh Tabrizi, director of health network managing center, Dr. Heshmat, and Dr. Khosravi.

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With regards of the start of improvements in Iran’s health system in the 90’s and the health reforms following them in 2000, one of the challenges faced by health sector’s crew and emphasized on by […]

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Types of equity in health: For a better understanding of this concept, a practical definition is required. This definition goes “every individual must have the chance to reach his/her full health potential and no one […]
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providing suitable services and facilities to achieve physical, mental, social and spiritual health are the fundamental rights and needs of humans. Equity in health is the lack of avoidable systematic differences in one or more […]

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Abstract The Islamic revolution of 1979 in Iran emphasized social justice as a pillar for development. The fundamental steps towards universal equitable access to high-quality healthcare services began with the creation of the Ministry of […]

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The Health Equity Research Center held the first political discussion session; “the impact of freeing exchange rates of medicine and medical supplies on equity in health” with attendance of high ranked officials of health system […]