Exploring policy processes against microbial threats in Iran: a qualitative policy analysis.

Objectives: Microbial threats pose a growing concern worldwide. This paper reports the analysis of Iran's policy process against microbial threats.

Design: This is a qualitative study.

Genital self-image and sexual distress in married women with and without sexual intimate partner violence experience in Iran.

Objectives: The impact of sexual intimate partner violence (SIPV) on female genital self-image and sexual distress is not well understood. We aimed to assess whether women with and without SIPV experiences differed in terms ofgenital self-image and sexual distress.

Methods: An online survey was conducted among married, reproductive-age women registered at healthcare centers in Amol, northern Iran.

Retrospective analysis of COVID-19 clinical and laboratory data: Constructing a multivariable model across different comorbidities.

Background: The clinical pathogenesis of COVID-19 necessitates a comprehensive and homogeneous study to understand the disease mechanisms. Identifying clinical symptoms and laboratory parameters as key predictors can guide prognosis and inform effective treatment strategies. This study analyzed comorbidities and laboratory metrics to predict COVID-19 mortality using a homogeneous model.

Hidden health effects and economic burden of stroke and coronary heart disease attributed to ambient air pollution (PM) in Tehran, Iran: Evidence from an assessment and forecast up to 2030.

Air pollution is one of the main causes of global disease burden, especially in low-income and middle-income countries. Estimation of the current situation and prediction of the future health effects of death and incidence of stroke and coronary heart disease (CHD) attributed to PM were done using BenMAP-CE software. Estimating and forecasting the economic burden of these diseases were done in 4 scenarios: Stability of the current PM concentration, annual 10 % reduction of PM concentration, reduction to 5 µg/m3, and reduction to 12 µg/m3, with three approaches for calculating the economic burden in mortality costs, including the human capital(HC), years of life lost(YLL) and value of statistical life(VSL) was performed.