Arch Iran Med
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Following MPOWER's 2011 report, a study was conducted to quantify the implementation of MPOWER tobacco control policies in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) in 2013 to assess any possible change during the last two years. ⋯ There has been a slight overall improvement in tobacco control planning, although the desired levels have yet to be reached and some countries in the region have fared worse.
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Gastrointestinal lymphoma is the most common type of extranodal non-Hogkin's lymphoma. The proportion and different types of primary extranodal gastrointestinal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma are different in various geographic locations. Therefore, in this study we tried to evaluate the various types of extranodal gastrointestinal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in affiliated hospitals of the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences as the largest referral center in the southern Iran. ⋯ The pattern of gastrointestinal lymphoma in Iran is very similar to the Western countries. Compared with 40 years ago, it seems that the epidemiology of this lymphoma has changed.
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Evaluating trends in blood donors' infectious diseases is essential for monitoring the safe supply of blood, donor screening effectiveness, and the occurrence of infections in the blood donor population which consequently gives an idea of the epidemiology of these diseases in the community. The aim of the present study was to assess the prevalence of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV and syphilis by carrying out confirmatory tests in Tehran's blood transfusion center between 2005 and 2011. ⋯ Declining trend in prevalence of blood-borne infections indicates the effectiveness of screening methods and selection of appropriate donors. Higher prevalence of blood-borne infections in males, low educated, married, first-time donors and donors who referred to the mobile centers requires a different planning in these groups.