13 DECEMBER 2016

The employees of the PHRC took part in an international seminar on the study of NCD risk factors, using the STEPS methodology

On December 7-9, 2016 in Moscow, Russian Federation an international seminar on the planning and implementation of the study of NCD risk factors (STEPS) was held. The seminar was organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) for representatives of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan.

Our country was represented at the conference by the employees of the Public Health and Reform Center (PHRC) of the Ministry of Health - the head of the Monitoring and Analysis Department Dr Gahraman Hakverdiyev and the specialist of the same department Dr Khatira Huseynova.

The main topic of discussion at the 3-day seminar was the issues related to the research on NCD risk factors based on the STEPS method, the procedure for collecting information, obtaining information using Android tablets, managing them, and analyzing data and drawing up reports. During the seminar delegates made presentations.

The full text of the news is available in Azerbaijani.