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Background and Aim: This study investigated the results of the non-communicable diseases prevention and control program in Isfahan under the supervision of the Vice Chancellor for Health of the University of Medical Sciences from 2017 to March 2021. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the target group was all the population over 30 years in Isfahan province referring to health centers for screening programs for non-communicable diseases and risk factors (cardiovascular and diabetes). Breast cancer screening was performed in women between 30 to 70 years and colorectal cancer screening was performed in men and women between 50 to 70 years. Results: The number of people diagnosed with diabetes at the end of March 2021 was 148,250 and its prevalence was 11.59%. Also, the number of patients with high blood pressure registered in electronic patient record from 2017 to the end of March 2021 was 249294 (prevalence 19.74%). In colorectal cancer screening, 1593 cases of polyps were detected from 5367 colonoscopies during 4 years of the program. Also, by screening 46.9% of the target population, 513 cases of breast cancer were detected. Conclusion: In the evaluation of the process of diagnosis and patient care, an increase was evident during 2017 to 2019, but there was a decrease in the number of risk assessments and patient care in 2020-2021 due to the COVID19 pandemic.
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“The Effect of COVID-19 Vaccination on Reducing the Risk of Infection, Hospitalization, and Death in Isfahan Province, Iran.” by Ziba Taherian, Mostafa Rezaei, Asefeh Haddadpour, Zahra Amini, Iran J Public Health, 51(1), Jan 2022, 188-195. The above article, published online at https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/26539 has been retracted by agreement between the authors & the journal's Editor-in-Chief. After post-publication peer review, some concerns were raised on the terminology used in the results, discussion & related analysis. Some dates were reported incorrectly & there were some inconsistencies in reporting vaccine brand names. In addition, some unintentional errors have been found in the paper typesetting. The retraction has been agreed by all panel of authors mentioned in the paper, so that the necessary corrections and completing the analysis are being made properly. © 2022 Taherian et al. Published by Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
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The world is embroiled in a pandemic of a new coronavirus at the end of 2019 and early in 2020, with such a large scale that it has severely involved the political, economic, and social systems in most countries around the world. The scale of the crisis is so widespread that many experts believe that the post-corona world will be substantially different from the pre-corona world. In the face of this massive epidemic, how people perceive risk and how to risk is communicated, plays a central role in deciding and choosing people's behavior. Fighting with this emerging phenomenon requires mobilizing all the possibilities of society and helping all people in the field of empathy and altruism. In this article, we briefly review aspects of the important concept of risk perception and communication in this pervasive crisis.