Student Research Committee, Shiraz University School of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Professor of medicine-nephrology, Director, Global Health Program, Co-Director, Yale-Stanford J&J Global Health Scholar Program, Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine. New Haven, CT, USA.
Arch Iran Med. 2021 Jan 1;24(1):58-63. doi: 10.34172/aim.2021.09.
Many studies have shown the crippling effects of sanctions on the healthcare sector of different countries, including Iran. Long-standing sanctions against Iran escalated recently and severely limited commercial activities with Iran. The devastating consequences of these embargoes have affected all aspects of health care delivery in Iran, limiting the availability of critical medicines and medical devices, and negatively impacting primary health care, treatment of complex diseases including cancer, medical tourism, and medical education and research. The present novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has uncovered this long-standing crisis in the Iranian health care sector. In this communication, we briefly discuss selected aspects of these sanctions and their impact on the health care system and people of Iran during this critical time.
许多研究表明，制裁对包括伊朗在内的不同国家的医疗保健部门造成了严重影响。最近，对伊朗的长期制裁急剧升级，严重限制了与伊朗的商业活动。这些禁运的破坏性后果影响了伊朗医疗保健服务的各个方面，限制了关键药物和医疗器械的供应，并对初级保健、癌症等复杂疾病的治疗、医疗旅游以及医疗教育和研究产生了负面影响。目前的 2019 年新型冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行暴露了伊朗医疗保健部门长期存在的这一危机。在本通讯中，我们简要讨论了这些制裁的一些方面及其在这一关键时刻对伊朗医疗保健系统和人民的影响。
