DUSHANBE, July 15, 2010, Asia-Plus — More than US$57.6 million worth of medicines and medical equipment have been delivered to Tajikistan in January-June 2010, Minister of Health Nusratullo Salimov told reporters in Dushanbe on July 14.
Over the report period, 5.4 tons of spoiled and low-quality medicines for a total amount of more than 218,000 somoni have been withdrawn from shelves and destroyed in the country, the minister said.
“Over the same six-month period, 67 legal and physical entities have been granted licenses for private medical practices,” said Salimov, “In all, 343 persons are now engaged in private medical practices in the country.”
According to him, 1,589 Tajik medical workers have taken refresher training courses over the report period.
He noted that 3,365 new cases of tuberculosis have been detected in the country in the first half-year of 2010, which is 209 cases more than in the same period last year.
On the maternal and infant morality rates, the minister said they have slightly increased compared to January-June 2009. “This year, the number of infant death deaths (one year of age or younger) has been estimated at 17.2 deaths per 1,000 live births, while last year, the infant morality rate was 17.1 deaths per 1,000 live births,” said Salimov, “The maternal morality death rate over the report period has been at 49.6 deaths per 100,000 live births against 35.8 deaths per 100,000 live births reported in January-June 2009.”
No cases of serious diseases such as cholera and plague have been reported in Tajikistan over the report period, the minister said, noting that 210 cases of typhoid (338 cases in 2009), seven cases of malaria (13 in 2009), and three cases of rabies (5 cases in 2009) have been registered in the country in January-June 2010.
