The Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS) has sent medical personnel and equipment to the Kulma border crossing point (BCP) on the Tajik-Chinese border for examination of persons proceedings via the Kulma BCP.
AKHS has reportedly provided the Kulma BCP with necessary medical equipment and medical personnel.
Upon the request of the Health Care Directorate of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), AKHS fully finances sending of medical personnel to the Kulma border crossing point.
AKHS reportedly assumes full responsibility for providing this border crossing point with necessary medical equipment and medicines.
In all, AKHS has handed over 97,000 somoni worth of 19 852 protective equipment and accessories to the GBAO Health Care Directorate.
Besides, AKHS has provided 30,000 disposable gloves and masks to the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population in Dushanbe.
Meanwhile, the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) has provided US$53,349 worth of about 20,000 protective equipment and accessories to Tajikistan in response to coronavirus.
This donation was made possible by the financial support of the Government of Switzerland, through the office of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in Tajikistan.
A total assistance provided by the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) to Tajikistan in response to coronavirus has reportedly valued at more than 64,000 USD.
The Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS) is an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) that supports activities in the health field, and manages more than 200 health facilities, including a network of Aga Khan Hospitals.
It works closely with the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and the Aga Khan University (AKU) on planning, training, and resource development, and with the Aga Khan Education Services (AKES) and the Aga Khan Planning and Building Services (AKPBS) on the integration of health issues into specific projects.
With community health programs in Central and South Asia, as well as East Africa, AKHS is one of the most comprehensive private not-for-profit health care systems in the developing world. Building on the Ismaili Community's health care efforts in the first half of the 20th century, AKHS now provides primary health care and curative care in Afghanistan, India, Kenya, Pakistan, and Tanzania, and provides technical assistance to government in health service delivery in Kenya, Syria and Tajikistan.
The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH), which merges the capabilities of Focus Humanitarian Assistance, the Aga Khan Planning and Building Services, and the Aga Khan Development Network’s Disaster Risk Management Initiative, focuses on preparing for both sudden and slow-onset disasters. AKAH works to ensure that poor people live in physical settings that are as safe as possible from the effects of natural disasters; that residents who do live in high-risk areas are able to cope with disasters in terms of preparedness and response; and that these settings provide access to social and financial services that lead to greater opportunity and a better quality of life. Initially, priority areas of AKAH will include Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and India.
