Background: Among the available data provided by health information systems, data on mortality are commonly used not only as health indicators but also as socioeconomic development indices. Recognizing that in Iran accurate data on causes of death were not available, the Deputy of Health in the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOH&ME) established a new comprehensive system for death re...

The manuscript titled “Challenges in the Area of Training and Prevention at the HIV Triangulation Clinic, Kerman, Iran”1 quoted some problems on triangular clinic in Kerman city. We would like to inform you about the changes made based on the evaluation. A series of valid criticism were made such as providing counseling and methadone therapy in the same place, and reporting unfriendly behaviors...

Background & Aim: The aim of this research is investigation and familiarity with the important herbal drugs that have used for traditional curing of animal diseases in different areas of Kerman province, Iran. From a long time ago native farmers and tribes of different regions used the available natural herbs which existed in those regions to cure animal diseases in different areas of Kerman pr...

Roya Safari Faramani, Armita Shahesmaeili, Samira Hosseini Hooshyar, Razieh Khajehkazemi, Maryam Nasirian, Hamid Sharifi, Kianoosh Kamali. Modeling in Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; HIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, and WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health...

in order to study of ecological and phenological traits of ferulago angulata asan important medicinal plant, this research was conducted in hezar mountains andbondareh henza in kerman province, iran. random samples of this plant were taken andtheir vegetation habitat conditions and their growth characteristics including height ofcollar leaves, height of flower stem, flower stem number and forag...

geomorphosites or special geomorphologic sites are new concepts which have entered tourism literature with anemphasis on special sites. basically, the goal for discussing such concepts is to identify landforms with specialimportance on understanding the geomorphologic structure of a region and their scientific, ecological, cultural,aesthetic, and economical values. generally, they are used for ...

although in most of the rural development plans, relocation of informal settlements is oftenconsidered as an efficient solution to increase safety of rural communities against natural and man-made disasters,such as, earthquakes, fire hazards, floods, etc. an evaluation of recent experiences in the relocation projects show thatthe relocated community is often unsatisfied with the new residential...