Дата: 14.12.2021

The Center representatives made their second mission to Tajikistan within the framework of a joint project with WHO on “Improving the quality of hospital care to reduce maternal, newborn and child deaths (Tajikistan, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia and Vietnam)

Within the framework of the mission, which took place on November 15 – December 3, 2021, under the leadership of Elizaveta Khamatkhanova, Head of the Department of Educational Simulation Technologies in Medicine, and Ekaterina Yarotskaya, Head of the Department of International Cooperation, 4 groups, including pediatricians, neonatologists, obstetricians, midwives, and specialists of the simulation and training center together with WHO consultants, assessed the quality of care in maternity hospitals and clinics in the following cities of Tajikistan: Khujand, Istaravshan, Hisor, Konibodom, Isfara, Rudaki district, Panjakent, Vahdat, Ayni, Tursunzoda.

Prior to the assessment, mission members attended training sessions on effective perinatal care and the use of WHO tools for assessing the quality of care for mothers, newborns and children.

At the final stage of the mission, participants summarized the assessment findings, made recommendations to improve the situation, and planned for the next steps within the concluding meeting chaired by Zulfiya Abdusamatzoda, Deputy Minister of Health of Tajikistan, and attended by Igor Lyakin-Frolov, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Tajikistan.