DUSHANBE, December 29, 2008, Asia-Plus  -- Another seven medical facilities in Tajikistan have been granted the world certificate, The Hospital of Benevolent Attitude towards Child, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

The source at a MoH said the central hospitals in the districts of Danghara, Yovon, Shahritus, Vose, Ghonchi and the northern city of Taboshar had been granted the world certificate, The Hospital of Benevolent Attitude towards Child, this year, bringing the total number of Tajik hospitals granted this certificate to 37.

According to the preliminary data provided by the MoH, some 170,000 newborns have been registered in the country this year.