DUSHANBE, 09.12.2021 (NIAT Khovar) – A number of significant strides have been made in the health sector of Tajikistan, especially in the field of maternal and child health, in the last 30 years. This was announced yesterday at a working meeting which focused on the analysis of critical cases and the prevention of maternal mortality, reports the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population.

Issues related to improving the quality of medical services for mothers and children were discussed within the framework of the Public Health Strategy of Tajikistan for the period up to 2030.

The meeting was attended by the Deputy Minister of Health and Social Protection of the Population Zulfiya Abdusamatzoda, heads of a number of institutions and departments, development partners, and specialists of the country’s medical institutions.

Abdusamatzoda stated that the issues of maternal and child health are one of the priority directions of the current policy of the government and the Ministry of Health and that a number of important strategic documents have been adopted in this direction.

“Per President Emomali Rahmon’s instructions Istiklol Medical Complex, Khorug’s regional maternity hospital, central hospitals in Lakhsh, Nurobod, Dusti, Khuroson, Yovon, Farkhor, Hamadoni, regional and city maternity hospitals in Khujand, as well as the Maternity Hospital №2 in Dushanbe have been provided with the latest equipment,” said Abdusamatzoda.

Additionally, perinatal centers have been built in Kulob and Bokhtar, and the Central District Hospital was commissioned in Vose.

“This made it possible to improve the access of the population to health services,” she said.