The World Health Organization has delivered 16 CT scan machines to strengthen Islamic Republic of Iran’s emergency response to COVID-19.
CT scanning is a key component of clinical diagnosis of COVID-19 patients. The units, worth more than US$ 4 million, were procured by WHO through support from the governments of Japan and Kuwait.
WHO works with the Ministry of Health and Medical Education to serve the people of Islamic Republic of Iran by delivering vital equipment and medicines, training health workers and raising awareness in communities.
Recently, with support from the Government of Japan, WHO also procured 70 arterial-blood gas (ABG) analyzers (with their consumables), equipment essential for the assessment and monitoring of critically ill patients, and delivered them to hospitals in Iran.
Since the start of the pandemic, WHO has supplied tons of personal protective equipment to health workers to help them provide safe care to communities across different parts of the country.
The Organization’s multiple shipments of PCR test kits have also enabled the laboratory network to continue to perform hundreds of thousands of diagnostic tests to early detect infected individuals.
The country’s national laboratory network has conducted 2 201 958 tests so far.