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Now Healthcare Is a Weapon in Ukraine’s War Eurasianet

WEBThe nearest secondary healthcare facility still controlled by Ukraine was destroyed by shelling. Four of its departments, including intensive care, have been …

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Armenia embarks on healthcare reform with costs unclear

WEBSamvel Kharazyan, an expert on health financing at the Ministry of Health, told Eurasianet that the new system will be funded in part by a fixed amount, based on …

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Kyrgyzstan’s Frail Healthcare System Leaves Elderly in the Lurch

WEBThough donor-led reforms have brought some improvements in overall care, Kyrgyzstan's public health strategy does not address geriatric medicine at all.

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Georgia: Healthcare Costs Making Health Ministry Wheeze

WEBGeorgia: Healthcare Costs Making Health Ministry Wheeze. Monica Ellena Oct 7, 2015. Georgia’s state-financed healthcare system provides universal care for …

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As Kazakhstan’s economy regains vigor, concerns shift to healthcare

WEBKazakhstan has boosted life expectancy, from 65 in 2000 to 72 today. But this is below the OECD average of 80. This is where primary healthcare plays a crucial role. …

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Kyrgyzstan: Exploring Mental Healthcare Alternatives

WEBOutside experts and government officials agree that Kyrgyzstan's mammoth, crumbling mental healthcare system needs radical reform, shifting from a model of long-term …

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Kazakhstan: Living with Semipalatinsk’s Nuclear Fallout

WEBKazakhstan: Living with Semipalatinsk’s Nuclear Fallout. Mendibay Umirkhanov (left), who grew up in a village called Sarapan in the 1960s, remembers …

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New Georgian Hospital Aims to Heal, and Win, Abkhazian

WEBThe Georgian government has spent 41 million lari, or $16.5 million, on its state-of-the-art hospital in Rukhi. (Photo by Georgia's State Construction Company) The …

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Perspectives Beijing’s “Health Silk Road” abandons Central Asia

WEBBut China’s lackluster efforts in Central Asia have only confirmed our suspicions. We were supposed to be the first stop on the Health Silk Road. By …

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Kazakhstan: Medical app mired in corruption scandal

WEBAn app introduced by Kazakhstan’s government to ease access to healthcare has become target of claims that medics are registering fake consultations to defraud …

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Russia tightens health rules for labor migrants, causing dismay and

WEBComparable numbers of new and returning Central Asian labor migrants are expected to come to Russia in 2022 – all of them will be required to pay for these …

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Armenia proposes universal health insurance – and a

WEBArmenia’s Ministry of Health has proposed an ambitious program for implementing a mandatory, universal health insurance system in the country. But many …

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Kyrgyzstan: Economy and healthcare shattering under weight of …

WEBEven that assessment may be far too conservative. In a COVID-19 response plan published by the United Nations Development Program and the Asian Development …

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Azerbaijan: Growing Number of Citizens Heading Abroad for

WEBNew equipment at a government hospital in Baku (June 2015). According to a top official at Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Health, government allocations for healthcare …

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Mongolia: Ulaanbaatar Air Pollution Linked to Public Health Crisis

WEBMaternity hospitals across Mongolia’s smoggy capital have experienced a spike in birth defects and unhealthy newborns in recent years. “I suspect air pollution …

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Georgia: Tbilisi Struggles with Drug-Policy Reform Eurasianet

WEBAccording to a study by drug-policy-reform advocates Alternative Georgia, a mere 5 percent of the country’s approximate 45,000 drug addicts have access to …

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Georgia: Tbilisi Tries to Become Medical Tourism Destination

WEBGeorgia: Tbilisi Tries to Become Medical Tourism Destination. Estimated at $20 billion annually, the medical tourism market is projected to double over the next two …

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Kyrgyzstan moves to ban TikTok over child welfare concerns

WEBCulture officials in Kyrgyzstan have requested that digital censors block access to TikTok over concerns that the video platform is “negatively affecting the …

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Turkey: Medical Tourism Booming, Offering “Sun and Surgery”

WEBAlman Hastanesi is one of several Istanbul hospitals cashing on the medical tourism business. (Photo: Justin Vela) Tourists don’t just come to Turkey for the sun and …

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