TY - JOUR T1 - Viewpoint: Primary care in Iran needs a paradigm shift JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 235 LP - 235 DO - 10.3399/bjgp18X696005 VL - 68 IS - 670 AU - Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi AU - Sajad Delavari AU - Sara Ghasemi Y1 - 2018/05/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/68/670/235.abstract N2 - In the first years after the Islamic Revolution in 1979, primary health care (PHC) in Iran was based on health centres in rural areas and trained community health workers known as Behvartz, with an emphasis on the control of communicable diseases. Since the establishment of a national health network in 1982 there have been notable improvements in a number of health indices, such as population life expectancy, infant mortality, and vaccination coverage.1 However, these improvements have stalled more recently because of factors including immigration from rural areas to big cities, an increase in the burden of non-communicable diseases, changes in the social determinants of health, and … ER -