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Abstract Since the beginning of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically influenced almost every aspect of human life. Activities requiring human gatherings have either been postponed, cancelled, or held completely virtually. To supplement lack of […]

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Abstract Objectives To achieve sustainable health development, health systems need to constantly enhance their efficiency, through for instance reducing waste of resources. This study aimed to measure the efficiency in producing health in Upper Middle-Income […]
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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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 […]
 On June 16, 2019, a meeting was held in the school of public health participated by Dr. Farzadfar, Dr. Akbarisari, and Dr. Takian as the presenters of the paper published in Lancet.  summary Being the […]

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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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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 […]

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Abstract Background: Informal payment is a major barrier to universal health coverage, particularly in low and middle-income countries. Aims: The aim of this study was to determine appropriate methods to reduce informal payments in health […]

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Abstract: Background: This study aimed to provide tailored transferrable lessons for expanding population coverage through a descriptive lens by reviewing the population coverage policies, reforms and strategies in selected nations. Methods: In this comparative short […]