Impact of rural health development programme in the Islamic Republic of Iran on rural-urban disparities in health indicators

• DOI: 10.26719/2007.13.6.1466
• Publication Date: 2018-01-30T12:24:01Z
• Authors: A. Aghajanian; A.H. Mehryar; S. Ahmadnia; S. Kazemipour
• Keywords: Islamic republic; Rural Health

By 1979 50 years of uneven development and modernization by governments prior to the Islamic Revolution had left rural parts Republic Iran with extremely low economic health status. This paper reports on impact programme implemented as an effective inexpensive way improve heath population, especially mothers children. It describes system centres, houses community workers (behvarz) demonstrates effectiveness through declining measures rural-urban disparities in indicators. The implications policies for other countries region such Afghanistan Central Asian a similar sociocultural structure are discussed.