Zahedan University of Medical Sciences

With the approval of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, COVID-19 vaccination for the population 18 years of age and older in Sistan and Baluchestan Province began today. According to the public relations report - Dr. Seyed Mehdi Tabatabaei, Vice Chancellor for Health of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, during a visit to a COVID-19 vaccination center in Zahedan district, announced that: "All residents of Sistan and Balouchetsan Province aged 18 years and older are recommended to get vaccinated against COVID-19".

The Iranian public sector has provided PHC services to even its most rural populations via health houses staffed with Rural Community Healthcare Workers (Behvarz). Behvarzes are rural health workers employed by the Iranian health system. They are stationed in health houses in rural areas. Each health house is designed to cover a target population of approximately 1500 individuals.

The best available evidence suggests kids and schools are not major drivers of transmission, even though children can transmit the virus. Even though children may not be the face of this epidemic, they may become the biggest victims because of restrictions that disrupt their lives. Although these measures are necessary, they will inevitably undermine children’s access to health, education, welfare and protection services, and their impact may last a lifetime, especially for the most vulnerable groups.

In Pictures: Religious Figures and Scholars in Zahedan, Iran participating in a Vaccination Campaign to persuade people to take the COVID-19 vaccine

In Pictures: Religious Figures and Scholars in Zahedan, Iran participating in a Vaccination Campaign to persuade people to take the COVID-19 vaccine

Amid the emergency COVID-19 response, the world cannot afford to ignore people’s broader health needs. PHC has a critical role to play in ensuring continued access to routine and essential services.

H.E. Iran’s Minister of Health visiting Sistan and Balouchetsan Province amid a surge of COVID-19 cases, July 2021

Contact tracing is the process of identifying, assessing, and managing people who have been exposed to a disease to prevent onward transmission. When systematically applied, contact tracing will break the chains of transmission of COVID-19 and is an essential public health tool for controlling the virus.

Contact tracing is the process of identifying, assessing, and managing people who have been exposed to a disease to prevent onward transmission. When systematically applied, contact tracing will break the chains of transmission of COVID-19 and is an essential public health tool for controlling the virus.

Presidential election was held in Iran on 18 June 2021. They were the thirteenth quadrennial presidential elections in Iran since the establishment of the Islamic Republic.