7 SEPTEMBER 2016

The PHRC is 10 years old

September 7, 2016 the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Center for Public Health and Reform at the Ministry of Health (PHRC) was marked.

The Center was originally conceived as a tool to provide methodological support for health reforms and strengthen the organization of the public health service. Its creation became possible as a result of the implementation of large-scale healthcare reforms, which took place due to the socially-oriented policy of the country leadership. 

For the past 10 years, the PHRC has been closely involved in the preparation and implementation of various health programs, in developing the theoretical framework for healthcare reform, improving the quality of medical services for the population, conducting research, social surveys, monitoring, and preparing methodological aids. And, of course, a huge place in the work of the Center is paid to health promotion among the population.

It is also important that the PHRC gives special attention to institutional development and professional development of its employees. Over these years, very important projects in the field of health have been implemented jointly with the World Bank, UNFPA, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Global Fund, the Global Alliance for Vaccination and Immunization and other international organizations.

To assess the scope of the work done by the Center, one can just list the strategic documents developed by the PHRC in recent year: the Strategy to Control Noncommunicable Diseases (2015-2020), the Strategic Plan of the Ministry of Health (2014-2020), the Program for Improving Maternal and Child Health for 2014-2020, The Concept for the Implementation of the Children's Immunization Passport (2013), the National Strategy for Mental Health (2011), the National Program on Tuberculosis Control in Azerbaijan (2010), the National Strategy on Tobacco Control (2010), the Concept regionalization of perinatal care (2009) and others, no less important.

The full text of the news is available in the Azerbaijani language.