The 8th Men’s Health Congress, focusing on promoting men’s health, will be held by the Men’s Health Research Ceer of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, according to the Ministry of Health and Medical Education.
The issue of promotion and atteion to men’s health, for the first time in 2008, was proposed as one of the strategic priorities of the coury’s health system with the support of the Iranian Organic Association and with the support of the Office of Family Health and the Ministry of Health. Since then, the National Men’s Health Week is held every year in March to attract policymakers, experts and the general public to take an effective step in preveion, diagnosis and treatme of common diseases among men.
Following this national scieific and national moveme, over the past decade, specialized men’s health congresses have also been on the agenda. These congresses, with the participation of university professors, health officials, researchers and represeatives of national and iernational organizations, have provided a good opportunity to exchange knowledge, iroduce scieific achievemes, and examine the challenges and strategies of promoting men’s health.
In this regard, the Men’s Health Research Ceer was established in 2008 and has been coinually active in the developme of research, designing scieific programs and the production of specialized knowledge since then. Also, the publication of the Men’s Health Magazine has also played an importa role in national, regional and global developme in order to publish the latest scieific findings in this field.
One of the most importa achievemes of the ceer is: • Active cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO) in formulating men’s health packages in the primary health care system (PHC) • Concluding a scieific exchanges with the University of Turin Italy • Implemeation of the Specialist Registry Registry Registry Registry Registry Project that has succeeded in a success
This year, on the sidelines of the 8th Men’s Health Congress, the represeative of the World Health Organization in Iran will examine the performance and achievemes of the Men’s Health Research Ceer of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. The aim of expanding joi cooperation and utilizing the successful experiences of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the field of men’s health at the regional and iernational level.
The Ministry of Health’s educational deputy, while supporting this scieific eve, emphasizes the coinuation of iernational cooperation, the production of indigenous knowledge and the utilization of educational capacities to promote men’s health.
(Tagstotranslate) Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (T) National Men’s Health Week (T) Deputy Minister of Health (T) Ministry of Health and Medical Education (T) Men’s Health
