A US doctor and a development consultant visited Iran in May [2009] to study a primary healthcare system that has cut infant mortality by more than two-thirds since the Islamic revolution in 1979.[...]
Then, in October, five top Iranian doctors, including a senior official at the health ministry in Tehran, were quietly brought to Mississippi to advise on how the system could be implemented there.
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The southern state has the highest levels of child obesity, hypertension and teenage pregnancy in the US. More than 20% of its people have no health insurance.
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The idea of looking for solutions in Iran emerged when James Miller, a consultant based in Mississippi, was called in to advise a rural hospital in financial difficulty. He was shocked to find that the state had the third highest medical expenditure per capita, but came last in terms of outcome.
Miller, managing director of Oxford International Development Group, remembered a conference in Europe where Iranian officials had explained how their country had revolutionised its healthcare system.
Yes, Iran. (And by the way, Cuba is training American doctors. On Cuba's dime.) Very interesting article. Read it for yourself.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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