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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), as of 2000, Iran ranks 58 in healthcare and 93 in health-system performance. [9] In 2016, Bloomberg News ranked Iran 30th most efficient healthcare system ahead of the United States and Brazil. [10] The report shows life expectancy in Iran is 75.5 years and per capita spending on healthcare is $346.
According to Iran's parliamentary committee on health and treatment in 2015, 12 million Iranians suffer from mental illnesses (mostly stemming from economic reasons). [55] According to the ministry of health, mental issues among women is a major problem and it is the second cause of death and disabilities among men.
The Ministry has the legal authority to oversee, license and regulate the activities of the private health sector. [2] An elaborate system of health network provides Primary Health Care (PHC) to the vast majority of the Iranian public. MOHME owns and runs Iran's largest health care delivery network of health establishments and medical schools.
Some for-profit clinics exist, but they provide less than 2% of health services. Health care is very variable through the country. The major urban centres are well served, but rural areas often have no modern health care. Patients in these areas either rely on traditional medicine or travel great distances for care.
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Iran, [a] [b] officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) [c] and also known as Persia, [d] is a country in West Asia.It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
Pharmaceutical companies of Iran (9 P) Pages in category "Medical and health organisations based in Iran" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.