Ministry of Health and Medical Education
وزارت بهداشت، درمان و آموزش پزشکی Vezârat-e Behdâšt, Darmân o Âmuzeš-e Pezeški | |
Ministry Building | |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | 1904 |
Jurisdiction | Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
Headquarters | Shahrak-e Gharb, Tehran 35°45′14.56″N 51°21′24.10″E / 35.7540444°N 51.3566944°E |
Employees | 427,385 (2019)[1] |
Minister responsible | |
Website | Official website |
Government of Islamic Republic of Iran |
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The Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME) has executive responsibility for health and medical education within the
Iran's health system is highly centralized, and almost all decisions regarding general goals, policies and allocation of resources are made at the central level by MOHME. 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
The Third Socio-economic Development Plan in 1999 authorized MOHME to adopt move towards public–private partnership in health care delivery.
Since the 1979 revolution, Iran has adopted a full generic-based
MOHME is the main stakeholder of pharmaceutical affairs in the country. However, the Social Security Investment Co. (SSIC), Iran's largest holding company, which owns and controls 22 pharmaceutical manufacturing companies with a 40% share of total pharmaceutical production in Iran, is affiliated to the Ministry of Welfare.[6]
In 2006, 55
The MOHME Department of Medical Equipment supervises imports of medical equipment, its import and distribution is mostly handled by the private sector.
Ministers since 1979
No. | Portrait | Name | Took
office |
Left
office |
Party | Government |
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1 | Kazem Sami | 13 February 1979 | 29 October 1979 | JAMA | Bazargan | |
2 | Moussa Zargar | 17 November 1979 | 28 May 1980 | Council of the Islamic Revolution | ||
3 | Hadi Manafi | 10 September 1980 | 14 August 1984 | Islamic Republican Party | Rajai | |
4 | Alireza Marandi | 20 August 1984 | 29 August 1989 | Islamic Republican Party | Mousavi I | |
5 | Iradj Fazel | 29 August 1989 | 13 January 1991 | Rafsanjani I | ||
6 | Reza Malekzadeh | 5 March 1991 | 16 August 1993 | Executives of Construction Party | Rafsanjani I | |
(4) | Alireza Marandi | 16 August 1993 | 20 August 1997 | PFIRF | Rafsanjani II | |
7 | Mohammad Farhadi | 20 August 1997 | 22 August 2001 | Islamic Association of Iranian Medical Society | Khatami I
| |
8 | Masoud Pezeshkian | 22 August 2001 | 24 August 2005 | Khatami II
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9 | Kamran Bagheri Lankarani | 24 August 2005 | 3 September 2009 | Front of Islamic Revolution Stability | Ahmadinejad I
| |
10 | Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi | 3 September 2009 | 27 December 2012 | Islamic Association of Physicians of Iran | Ahmadinejad II
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11 | Mohammad-Hassan Tarighat Monfared | 17 March 2013 | 15 August 2013 | Ahmadinejad II
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12 | Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi | 15 August 2013 | 3 January 2019 | Independent | Rouhani I
Rouhani II
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13 | Saeed Namaki | 4 February 2019 | 25 August 2021 | Rouhani II
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14 | Bahram Eynollahi | 25 August 2021 | Incumbent | Raisi |
Program
See also
- Health care in Iran
- Science and technology in Iran
- Agriculture in Iran
References
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- ^ "Iran Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q2". Payvand.com. Retrieved 15 August 2018.