United States of America

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Die USA suchen nach Lösungen die hohe Kindersterblichkeit in ihren ländlichen Regionen zu senken und möchte nun vom iranischen Gesundheitssystem lernen:

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Miss. Looks to Iran for Rural Health Care Model

Dirt-poor Mississippi Delta finds rural health care model in Iran, where far fewer infants die

Scratch-poor towns in the Mississippi Delta once shared more in common with rural Iran — scarce medical supplies, inaccessible health care and high infant mortality rates — than with most of the U.S.

Then things in Iran got better.

Since the 1980s, rural Iranians have been able to seek treatment at health houses, informal sites set up in small communities as the first stop for medical care, rather than an emergency room. They're staffed by citizens, not doctors, and the focus is on preventive care.

Infant deaths [in Iran] have dropped from 200 per 1,000 births to 26. With the Delta's rate 10 times worse than Iran's, a group of volunteers is traveling to Iran this month to get a crash course in how health houses work.

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