Academy of Medical Sciences of I.R. Iran Archives of Iranian Medicine 1029-2977 22 5 2019 05 01 Dr. Hossein Malekafzali: A Pioneer in Iran’s Health Evolution and Development 272 276 EN Safoora Gharibzadeh Ehsan Mostafavi https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1997-517X Abolhasan Nadim Kazem Mohammad Bijan Sadrizadeh Alireza Mesdaghinia Mohammad-Mehdi Gouya Journal Article 2019 01 27 2019 04 07 Dr Malekafzali, an elite biostatistics professor at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, in his more than 50 years of glorious service, has played a crucial role in creation of fundamental evolution in public health, reproductive health and development of applied research in Iran. He has left lasting activities in administrative positions such as health and research deputies, health minister consultant, director of health faculty and director of health research institutes. He published several books and articles on statistics, epidemiology and public health. This article is a review of his worthy and interesting activities in the country’s health, research and education.