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Prof. Dr. Parviz Vazirian (MD., MPH.)

The name of Prof. Dr. Parviz Vazirian reminds everyone of the successful Polio Eradication Campaign in Iran. The two namesalways come together. Although, this is not the only brilliant service he has rendered to the people of his country and humanity, he is also known for establishing the pillars of Occupational Health in Iran and many more admirable missions. Following is a very short biography of this great man.

Dr Parviz Vazirian is a Medical Doctor (MD) graduated from Jundishapour Medical University in 1965. He received his Diploma of Tropical Medicine from the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium in 1976.

After his graduation in 1965, he joined the compulsory military service and was enrolled in a course on “Military Medicine” inSaltanabad Militry University for 9 months. He spent the rest of his military service in battalion no 77 in Marivan station.

He joined the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Iran in June 1967 as the head of office for Medical Prevention, Dehdasht, Kohkilooye va BoyerAhmad. Later he became the head of health center and quarantine office in Dezful and Abadan

He went to Belgium in 1973 to study in the field of Health Promotion in the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp and returned to Iran in 1976. On his return he was appointed as the Head of Communicable Diseases in Khoozestan. In 1977, hebecame the Deputy for Health in Khoozestan and in 1978 after the Islamic revolution in Iran, he was appointed as the Director General of Health in Lorestan province. Later he obtained the same position in Khoozestan province. He also served as the Head of War Medical Committee for the south region. During which not a single disease epidemics occurred in the war zone.

He has received formal education and training in the fields of non-communicable diseases, nutrition, family and school health – lack and fight against it, health policy, preventive medicine, etc.(please put them all in bullet form)

He was transferred to Tehran in 1986 as the Director General for Family and School Health and he has held the following positions after that:

Positions held in the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Iran:

• Director General of Family and School Health

• Director General of Health education

• Director General of Special Health Services

• Director General of Occupational Health

• Director General of Family Health

• Director General of Vaccine Preventable Diseases

• Head of the Polio Eradication Program

Positions held in World Health Organization (WHO) and Global Fund

• WHO Senior Consultant for Polio Eradication, Afghanistan.

• WHO Senior Consultant for Polio Eradication, Pakistan

• Member of Country Cooperation Mechanism Committee overseeing Global Fund activities in Iran

• WHO Consultant for oversight of Vaccination projects in Afghanistan