Date: 10/25/2009
TUMSPR News: A group of nine health experts from different Iraq provinces paid a visit to Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) South District Health Center to closely watch the famed tuberculosis control program in action.
Based on a report by the Public Relations of South District Health Center, one of the three health networks under TUMS vice-chancellor for heath which are accountable for the health of one-third of Tehran and its sub-urban areas' nearly 14 million population, a group of nine health authorities from different Iraq provinces visited the center to witness the DOTS program in action. DOTS stands for the Short course Directly Observed Treatment protocol for tuberculosis (TB) which has been offered by the World Health Organization (WHO) for over a decade now.
DOTS has been offered to monitor and deliver well-structured services to thousands of people with the disease, especially for those from the lower socioeconomic parts of communities. DOTS has been a part of a bigger program, the Stop TB Strategy which aims at dramatically reducing the global burden of TB by 2015 in line with the Millennium Development Goals which consist of worldwide efforts to combat poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women.
Tehran is divided into three major areas and three medical sciences universities of Tehran, Iran and Shahid Beheshti, formerly the National University, are responsible for the health of one of those areas. TUMS vice-chancellor for Health which is a Provincial Health System has three district health centers (DHC), Islamshahr, Shahr-e-Ray and Djonoub or South D.H.C.s, each being composed of many urban and rural health centers. Each urban health center itself has a few health posts but rural health centers may have a few health houses in smaller villages.
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