10 Health Questions about the Caucasus and Central Asia by E. Jakubowski, A. Arnaudova

By E. Jakubowski, A. Arnaudova

This ebook highlights the necessities of future health and health and wellbeing structures in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. It then compares those nationwide information with the typical info for 3 teams: their very own, the 15 international locations that have been individuals of the european earlier than 1 might 2004 and the 27 present european Member States. each one bankruptcy offers a concise review of key overall healthiness symptoms in 1 of the eight international locations, summarizes the major beneficial properties of the country's future health method and describes the result of over a decade of healthiness method reform. This renowned sequence deals a short and simple solution to snatch the wellbeing and fitness necessities in a visually appealing layout. Comparisons are a compelling resource of knowledge that policy-makers and stakeholders, either inside of nations and the world over, can use to do so opposed to health and wellbeing disparities and alleviate the outstanding adjustments in wellbeing and fitness prestige between electorate around the WHO ecu zone.

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By E. Jakubowski, A. Arnaudova

This ebook highlights the necessities of future health and health and wellbeing structures in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. It then compares those nationwide information with the typical info for 3 teams: their very own, the 15 international locations that have been individuals of the european earlier than 1 might 2004 and the 27 present european Member States. each one bankruptcy offers a concise review of key overall healthiness symptoms in 1 of the eight international locations, summarizes the major beneficial properties of the country's future health method and describes the result of over a decade of healthiness method reform. This renowned sequence deals a short and simple solution to snatch the wellbeing and fitness necessities in a visually appealing layout. Comparisons are a compelling resource of knowledge that policy-makers and stakeholders, either inside of nations and the world over, can use to do so opposed to health and wellbeing disparities and alleviate the outstanding adjustments in wellbeing and fitness prestige between electorate around the WHO ecu zone.

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Before 1 May 2004. CIS8: the 8 countries covered in this book. about the Caucasus and central Asia 31 t Alcohol-related causes (2000): 84 deaths per 100 000. 5% of the population 15–65 years old (2004). 2% (15–65 years old). t First admissions to drug treatment centres (2006): 5 per 100 000 per year. EU27: 48, CIS8: 40 t Azerbaijan is a transit country for opiates bound for the Russian Federation. BESI t Prevalence (2006): 15% of men and 25% of women. t High body mass index is associated with 16% of all deaths and 8% of the disease burden (2002).

T 2008: A revised concept for health care reform has been prepared for approval outlining reform directions for the different parts of the health system. In January, the President approved a concept for reforming the health funding system and introducing mandatory health insurance in Azerbaijan. It involves implementing a purchaser–provider split, reducing fragmentation in funding and piloting new provider payment schemes. A respective action plan was approved on n 11 August 2008. In the end of January, the Minister of Health alth signed a National Reproductive Health Strategy 2005–2015, 2015, including a detailed plan of actions.

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