Approval of a new national document to curb silent killers in Iran Jaafar Jandagi, director general of the office for managing non-communicable diseases in the Ministry of Health, in an interview with "Iran": with the end of the previous 10-year period, the national document for the prevention of non-communicable diseases for a period of 5 years 1405 to 1410 was approved by the Supreme Health Council to monitor disease trends and health interventions with updated data. The main upstream goal of this document is to reduce premature deaths from cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory disease by 30% with a focus on prevention, increasing workforce productivity sevenfold. Successful implementation of this document requires the comprehensive participation of institutions outside the Ministry of Health; Because curbing air pollution, improving fuel quality and changing the structure of the public diet depend on macroeconomic and municipal policies. Read the full text here.

Approval of a new national document to curb silent killers in Iran Jaafar Jandagi, director general of the office for managing non-communicable diseases in the Ministry of Health, in an interview with "Iran": with the end of the previous 10-year period, the national document for the prevention of non-communicable diseases for a period of 5 years 1405 to 1410 was approved by the Supreme Health Council to monitor disease trends and health interventions with updated data. The main upstream goal of this document is to reduce premature deaths from cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory disease by 30% with a focus on prevention, increasing workforce productivity sevenfold. Successful implementation of this document requires the comprehensive participation of institutions outside the Ministry of Health; Because curbing air pollution, improving fuel quality and changing the structure of the public diet depend on macroeconomic and municipal policies. Read the full text here.