DUSHANBE, July 9, Asia-plus — A seminar for 265 medical workers from central district hospitals of Asht, Spitamen, Shuroobod, Norak, Qubodiyon and Sarband opened in Dushanbe on Monday, July 9.

This training is part of a program conducted under support of the Community and Basis Health Project Implementation Unit (PIU).

Nargis Qosimova, the PIU coordinator for public relations, told Asia-Plus that during this week, the training participants will learn a guide to clinical practice.  “They will be trained in principles of monitoring patients and covering maximally large number of sick people,” said Qosimova, “They will also be trained in calculating cost of treatment with use of these or those medicines with regard to existing resources, as well as rationally using of expandable materials, medicines and dressing.”  

According to her, the main objective of the training is to raise professional skills of doctors and improve quality of medical treatment.  This program has allowed providing medical services to some 150,000 people in six pilot districts of Tajikistan, the PIU coordinator for public relations said 

 The Community and Basic Health Project for Tajikistan sponsored by the World Bank aims to increase access to, utilization of, and patient satisfaction with health services in project-supported areas, and to build capacity and efficiency at national, regional and district levels in administering a basic package of health benefits and introducing financing reforms in primary health care.