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Danaei G1, 2 ; Farzadfar F3, 4 ; Kelishadi R16 ; Rashidian A6, 17 ; Rouhani OM18 ; Ahmadnia S20 ; Ahmadvand A3 ; Arabi M2, 22 ; Ardalan A9, 23 ; Arhami M24 ; Azizi MH25 ; Bahadori M10 ; Baumgartner J19 ; Beheshtian A26 Show All Authors
Authors
  1. Danaei G1, 2
  2. Farzadfar F3, 4
  3. Kelishadi R16
  4. Rashidian A6, 17
  5. Rouhani OM18
  6. Ahmadnia S20
  7. Ahmadvand A3
  8. Arabi M2, 22
  9. Ardalan A9, 23
  10. Arhami M24
  11. Azizi MH25
  12. Bahadori M10
  13. Baumgartner J19
  14. Beheshtian A26
  15. Djalalinia S3, 27
  16. Doshmangir L30
  17. Haghdoost AA31
  18. Haghshenas R3
  19. Hosseinpoor AR32
  20. Islami F33
  21. Kamangar F2, 34
  22. Khalili D2, 35
  23. Madani K38, 39
  24. Masoumiasl H28, 42
  25. Mazyaki A21, 43
  26. Mirchi A44
  27. Moradi E18
  28. Nayernouri T11
  29. Niemeier D45
  30. Omidvari AH40
  31. Peykari N3, 29
  32. Pishgar F3
  33. Qorbani M46
  34. Rahimi K2, 47
  35. Rahimimovaghar A12
  36. Tehrani FR36
  37. Rezaei N3
  38. Shahraz S2, 48
  39. Takian A7
  40. Tootee A5
  41. Ezzati M41
  42. Jamshidi HR37
  43. Larijani B4
  44. Majdzadeh R8, 13, 14
  45. Malekzadeh R15, 49

Source: The Lancet Published:2019


Abstract

Being the second-largest country in the Middle East, Iran has a long history of civilisation during which several dynasties have been overthrown and established and health-related structures have been reorganised. Iran has had the replacement of traditional practices with modern medical treatments, emergence of multiple pioneer scientists and physicians with great contributions to the advancement of science, environmental and ecological changes in addition to large-scale natural disasters, epidemics of multiple communicable diseases, and the shift towards non-communicable diseases in recent decades. Given the lessons learnt from political instabilities in the past centuries and the approaches undertaken to overcome health challenges at the time, Iran has emerged as it is today. Iran is now a country with a population exceeding 80 million, mainly inhabiting urban regions, and has an increasing burden of non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, diabetes, malignancies, mental disorders, substance abuse, and road injuries. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
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