Introduction: Radiation exposure during radiological examination is a health concern, of which radiology professionals should be cognizant. We sought to evaluate the radiation protection knowledge, attitudes, and practice (KAP) amongst radiology staff of hospitals across 10 provinces of Iran. Materials and Methods: For evaluating the level of radiation protection KAP, 553 radiology staff were e...

background: personal protection equipments (ppes) should be easily accessible to decrease contact with infecting factors and also should be used purposefully to effectively keep the health care personnel in a safe distance from the patient blood and body fluid which can easily infect the operating rooms personnel. this study aimed to find the operating rooms' personnel compliance with standards...

Background: Health systems are required to examine achievement of the goals based on appropriate frameworks. Assessment of health system in a country provides an opportunity to address the main mission through recognizing new needs and resolving existing gaps. Then this review study examines Iran’s health systems achievement of the goals set by the World Health Organization’s conceptual framewo...

Protecting citizens against the financial consequences of illness has long been a key objective of health systems worldwide. In the United Kingdom for example, financial protection—which refers to how far people are protected from the financial consequences of illness—was the fundamental goal when the National Health Service was established in 1948, more than health improvement or equitable acc...

Health insecurity has emerged as a major concern among health policy-makers particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). It includes the inability to secure adequate healthcare today and the risk of being unable to do so in the future as well as impoverishing healthcare expenditure. The increasing health insecurity among 150 million of the world's poor has moved social protection i...

The Health Protection Agency and Health Protection Scotland used existing syndromic surveillance systems to monitor community health in the UK following the volcanic eruption in Iceland in April 2010.

INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 1348 I. THE EXISTING IMMUNITY LANDSCAPE DURING A DECLARED PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY....................................................................................................... 1350 A. What Is a Public Health Emergency? ...................................................

Précis This debate article highlights the challenges of health situation in Iran and some influencing or relevant factors such as health sector, welfare system and social protection, social exclusion and civil society from the viewpoint of an international partner. Some advanced experiences in Iranian health system and the manner of system for international cooperation have also been discussed.