Uzbekistan among the republics of the former Soviet Union was among the first on maternal and child mortality – said President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov at the session of the Board of Trustees of Fund for development of children’s sports.

“Because of this very difficult situation that we have inherited from the colonial system, in 2000 for every 100 thousand children about 6 thousand suffered from acute respiratory viral infections, 576 — pneumonia, 449 — bronchitis, 310 – scoliosis” – said President Karimov.

He also added that we could not even dream about such modern swimming pools, tennis courts or gym halls which operate in our country today. For example, previously, talking about swimming, we imagined only swimming in the ditches or channels which do not meet elementary sanitary requirements. As a result, cases of serious illnesses rose among the population, especially children. Uzbekistan among the republics of the former Soviet Union was among the first on maternal and child mortality, which is well known from our recent history.

He believes that as a result, we carried out extensive work on the progressive realization of economic, social, domestic, medical and other measures, the systematic development of children’s sports.

The Head of Uzbekistan’s state emphasizes that the incidence of acute respiratory viral infections among children aged 6-15 years, involved in sports decreased by 47.3%, pneumonia — 55.6%, bronchitis — 61.7%, scoliosis — 45.5%. We are all glad for all these figures as jointly achieved important result.