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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
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Authors Affiliations
  1. 1. Department of Global Health and Population and Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
  2. 2. Scientific Association for Public Health in Iran, Boston, MA, United States
  3. 3. Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  5. 5. Diabetes Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  6. 6. Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Department of Health Management and Economics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  7. 7. Department of Global Health and Public Policy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  8. 8. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  9. 9. School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  10. 10. Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  11. 11. Department of Neuroscience, School of Advanced Medical Technologies, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  12. 12. Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  13. 13. Knowledge Utilization Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  14. 14. Community Based Participatory Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  15. 15. Digestive Disease Research Center, Digestive Disease Research Institute, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  16. 16. Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-Communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  17. 17. Department of Information, Evidence and Research, Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, World Health Organization, Cairo, Egypt
  18. 18. Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
  19. 19. Institute for Health and Social Policy, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
  20. 20. Faculty of Social Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran
  21. 21. Department of Economics, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran
  22. 22. Global Alliance for Improving Nutrition, New York, NY, United States
  23. 23. Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Cambridge, MA, United States
  24. 24. Department of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
  25. 25. Academy of Medical Sciences of I R Iran, Tehran, Iran
  26. 26. Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
  27. 27. Deputy of Research and Technology, Tehran, Iran
  28. 28. Center for Communicable Diseases Control, Tehran, Iran
  29. 29. Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
  30. 30. Health Services Management Research Center, Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
  31. 31. Modeling in Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
  32. 32. Department of Information, Evidence and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
  33. 33. Surveillance and Health Services Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA, United States
  34. 34. Department of Biology, School of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, United States
  35. 35. Prevention of Metabolic Disorders Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  36. 36. Reproductive Endocrinology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  37. 37. Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  38. 38. Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
  39. 39. Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
  40. 40. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
  41. 41. MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
  42. 42. Research Center of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Immunology and Infectious diseases, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  43. 43. Institute for Management and Planning Studies, Tehran, Iran
  44. 44. Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States
  45. 45. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, United States
  46. 46. Non-communicable Diseases Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
  47. 47. The George Institute for Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
  48. 48. Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States
  49. 49. Non-Communicable Disease Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran

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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