On May 17, 2024, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Tajikistan and the United Nations Development Program in Tajikistan, held a regular meeting of the interdepartmental working group on “Healthcare” within the framework of the National Development Council under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan.
The meeting was chaired by the Deputy Minister of Health and Social Protection of the Republic of Tajikistan A. A. Amirzoda and the head of the Main Directorate of Investment Policy and Regional Development of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade Manuchehra Majon made a speech on health issues to ensure the implementation of the National Program for the Protection of the Population from Tuberculosis in the Republic of Tajikistan at 2021-2025.
It was noted that during the implementation of the National Program for the Protection of the Population from Tuberculosis in the Republic of Tajikistan for 2021-2025, a number of tasks and activities were implemented.
During the meeting, the director of the Republican Center for the Protection of the Population from Tuberculosis, Rustam Nurov, presented to the members of the working group a presentation on monitoring the “national program for protecting the population from tuberculosis in the Republic of Tajikistan for 2021-2025,” the participants of which held meaningful discussions.
The representative of the World Health Organization, Mahmudova Parvina, made a presentation “on the WHO Action Plan to combat tuberculosis in the European Region for 2023-2030.”
At the same time, national expert Muminova Farida presented a presentation on the topic “Reflection of health problems in a Local Voluntary Review of the city of Dushanbe.”
The meeting also discussed issues of strengthening the legal and regulatory framework for healthcare, strengthening healthcare infrastructure, ensuring access and quality of medicines, introducing healthy lifestyle models, strengthening the fight against tuberculosis and viral hepatitis, the new COVID-19 virus, and increasing the coverage of all citizens with preventive medical examinations.
Representatives of ministries and departments, development partners, and public organizations carried out a number of practical works in the field of ensuring access, introducing healthy lifestyle models, and increasing the coverage of all citizens with preventive medical examinations, which can contribute to the progress of the industry.
It was also noted that improving the medical culture of citizens and public health requires joint activities of government agencies, development partners, and civil society.
