Today, dedicated to the World Health Day, which is held annually on April 7 from 8:00 to 14:00 in the recreation complex "Istiqlol" in Dushanbe city, teachers, professors and senior specialists in the field provided free medical services to residents of the capital. Such medical services are provided in the regions, cities and districts of Tajikistan and consultations, examinations and other diagnostic procedures are free of charge by leading specialists in various fields of medicine.

It should be said that every year this date is celebrated with different slogans. This year the World Health Organization has proposed this date with the slogan "Health for All!" according to which the population is provided with free medical services.

Conducting such an important event all over the world, especially in the Republic of Tajikistan, is a call to all doctors of the world to not spare their knowledge and experience in the way of people's health and to fulfill their duties honestly and with faithfulness and sincerity. The total coverage of medical services includes a range of activities aimed at preventing, diagnosing and treating diseases.

As the press center of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Population of the Republic of Tajikistan informed to AMIT “Khovar”, the total number of doctors and medical workers in the republic is 21,170 and 61,383 respectively.

The development of health care and social protection of the population is considered a priority of the policy of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan and has always been under the special attention and constant support of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon. It is these support measures that have caused the improvement of health indicators of the population.

As stated in the Address of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, the Leader of the Nation Emomali Rahmon to the Supreme Assembly of the Republic of Tajikistan "On the main directions of domestic and foreign policy of the republic", in order to further improve the level and quality of medical services and access to them for the population it is necessary to build new facilities, modernize existing facilities and provide them with modern equipment.

"For this purpose only for the last two years the Government of the country transferred more than 200 units of modern equipment and devices worth over 1 billion somoni to health care institutions of the country", - as emphasized the Leader of nation.

Minister of Health and Social Protection of Population of the Republic of Tajikistan Jamoliddin Abdullozoda stated at the press conference in the first half of this year that with the purpose of implementation of social policy of the Government of the country in 2022 year 124 institutions were built, including 101 health care institutions, 16 hospitals and 7 private institutions, construction works are conducted at 65 health care institutions (51 first-aid stations, 11 hospitals and 3 private institutions).

In order to fully provide health care institutions, 115 ambulances were sent to medical institutions, including 6 units to Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast, 50 to Khatlon region, 28 to Sughd region, 12 to subordinated towns and districts of the republic, 16 to Dushanbe city and 2 units were supplied to the republican medical institutions.

Health is the foundation of the well-being of humanity, the individual, the family, and society. That is why the respected Leader of the nation, Emomali Rahmon, constantly declares that “the health of society is the wealth of the state”.

According to world scientists, a person can live for 100 years if he or she leads a healthy lifestyle from birth. Because a healthy lifestyle is one of the most cost-effective and efficient ways to preserve the health of the nation, reduce poverty and improve health indicators. That's why in December 2021, the Government adopted the National Healthy Lifestyle Program for 2022-2026. This program is a workbook for all employees of healthy lifestyle centers.

The main goal of the program is to form a new attitude of citizens through the basics of healthy lifestyles, including increasing the level of medical education of country residents, changing their attitude toward their health, understanding the essence of a healthy lifestyle, implementing effective regional healthy lifestyle programs, improving the personnel training system, retraining and advanced training of specialists in various areas on healthy lifestyles, improving the structure and creating the material.

As we said, health care is one of the most important sectors, and all favorable conditions are being created in this sphere. Using the available conditions, doctors now perform complex surgical operations in the country, whereas previously residents of the country turned to foreign medical institutions.

Also, 13,232 medical workers of the republic are being trained in postgraduate scientific and educational institutions of the Ministry, which is 10.7% more than in 2021. Last year 316 specialists were retrained in educational institutions abroad, which is 3 times more than last year.

AMIT “Khovar”

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Ruzimuhammad Ismoilov