10 December is a magic day for Nobel Laureates. The Nobel Laureates take center stage in Stockholm and Oslo on 10 December, when they receive the Nobel Medals, Nobel Diplomas and documents confirming the Nobel Prize amount. It wil...

The 2014 World Cancer Congress kicked off, on Wednesday 3rd December, with the annual World Leaders' Summit. The topic was 'the Economic Case for Cancer Control' with more than 260 key decision makers from all over the world atten...

On 5-9 December 2014, the 12th Asian Congress of Urology (ACU) will be convened in Iran at Kish International Convention Center. Dr. Jalil Hosseini, Board of Directors' member of Iranian Urological Association (IUA) is the Chairma...

On 1 December 2014 and on the occasion of World AIDS Day, as announced earlier, World Health Organization (WHO) released new guidelines on post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV and the use of co-trimoxazole prophylaxis for HIV-related...

"We must leave no one behind "to end AIDS by 2030, Mr. Ban declared on World AIDS Day.

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is difficult to treat and there exists a dearth of information about this infectious disease. The WMA therefore volunteered to produce a learning program for the MDR-TB Guidelines. This MD...

In October 2014, the ICRC launched a new e-learning on health care responsibilities in times of conflict and other emergencies. This module is specifically designed to help health-care personnel understand the effects of violence...

Dr. Zali emphasized that the necessary features for tackling the spread of HIV infection would be: educating people, introducing practical measures for HIV/AIDS control, closing the gap for accessing to prevention and treatment se...

On 29 November 2014, National HIV Diagnostic Laboratory Network (HIVDLN) opened simultaneously in 11 principal laboratories located in Medical Universities nationwide, while the official inaugural ceremony was held in Tehran.

World AIDS Day is held on 1 December each year. WAD is about increasing awareness, fighting stigma, improving education, mobilizing resources and raising funds for the global response to HIV/AIDS. Raising awareness of HIV is essen...