Performance Analysis Review of the Organizations Responsible for Healthcare in Fars Province during the Pahlavi I period (1925-1941)

Background and Aim: This study reviewed the performance of organizations responsible for publichealthcare in Fars Province during the Pahlavi I period. According to the law, Sehieh (health service) andBaladieh (municipality) were the two organizations responsible for public healthcare. To ensure publichealth, cooperation between them was essential. The two organizations gradually developed theirevolutionary process in Fars. Naturally, they have had a lot of problems. Materials and Methods: In this article, Based on the documentation,archival sources reviewed theirperformances. Many of the findings from this study are based on first-order documents,findings. Sehieh,as the main organization responsible for healthcare, is the primary focus of this study. Baldieh,Sahiyahwere later renamed to the municipality (shahrdary),health care (behdari). Health centers andmunicipalities functioned similarly in some cases. Any conflict in responsibilities of the two entities couldsubstantially undermine the public health in the society. In this article, the relationships between these twolocal organizations,the consequences of their actions on the health of the people have been given specialattention. Ethical Considerations: Integrity,trustworthiness were observed in analyzing,Reporting andpublishing the results. Findings: This research shows: 1- The spread of diseases,their mortality rate decreased, 2- Completesuccess in eradication,control of contagious diseases was not achieved due to lack of financial sources,3- Most areas in Fars did not benefit from the developments,their healthcare conditions did not improvesignificantly. However, the achievements achieved in the Fars health area have also been considered byresearchers in this paper. During the course of Pahlavi I period, there has been a lot of changes in the administrativestructure of Local Health Centers,municipalities, which has led to improvements in the community'shealth space. Despite the improvement in health conditions, the health of Fars in the first Pahlavi era did notradically change.