Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek

[Sally Furniss]

The Government of Japan will convey Minzdravu KR medical equipment for 300 thousand dollars
14-08-2008
16:28
BISHKEK (CNA press) - In Bishkek at the Center for Immunization tomorrow, August 15, 2008, the Ministry of Health will transfer equipment to Kyrgyzstan cold storage and transport of vaccines, acquired grant funds to the Government of Japan in a joint project between the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization .

According to the Health Ministry press service, as a gift to the people of Kyrgyzstan made three cold rooms of 30 m2 and 10 m2, on 60 brands of refrigerators MK-304 and MK-074, two diesel-generator capacity of 20 kW, 310 voltage regulators and a car "Gazelle".

At the transfer ceremony will feature representatives of the Japanese Government and JICA, Deputy Minister of Health CD Sabyrzhan Abdikarimov, the representative of the UN Children's Fund representative Timothy Shaffter and WHO.

After the solemn part of the valuable cargo will leave for their intended purpose: cold rooms - at regional warehouses Osh and Jalalabad areas and the central warehouse of measles vaccine, refrigerators povezut to inoculative items of medical organizations. This vehicle will be used for operational missions mobile brigade to repair refrigeration equipment.

In addition to cold equipment Government of Japan has also provided funds to develop operational plans for the preservation of vaccines in the event of prolonged power cuts or other emergencies, as well as the holding training sessions for staff on the cold chain. Total support is 300 thousand U.S. dollars.

"This aid - very timely. Effectiveness vaktsinoprofilaktiki carried out by the population, largely depends on storage conditions vaccine preparations ", - told the Director of the Center for Immunization Dzholdosh Kalilov.

According to him, 70% of the cold chain equipment operated in the republic more than 20 years and consists of the production of domestic refrigerators CIS countries, 11% of the equipment is in the non-state, taking into account those items on which there is no equipment at all.

"The question of the cold chain is particularly relevant in connection with the threat of avian influenza pandemic. It may happen that in order to protect the population could simultaneously reach a large number of vaccines in a fairly short period of time that will need to be stored in refrigerators at a certain temperature ", - underscored T. Shaffter.

Note that except Kyrgyzstan Similar projects are already in 13 countries worldwide at a total cost of $ 8 million

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Legend tells

In Bishkek, health services have demonstrated their willingness to confront the epidemic of avian influenza. For the actions of medical staff watched specialists from the American agency USAID and the World Health Organization, as well as journalists.

- On board the plane coming charter flight Urumchi - Bishkek, passenger asked the hostess with complaints of headache and muscle pain, fever, pain in the throat, runny nose and cough. About patient stewardess told the crew commander, who in turn handed over to tower airport "Manas" information about a patient with suspected bird flu. Upon arrival at the airport, the aircraft sick passenger was examined and placed in a detention facility border health quarantine item. The remaining passengers and crew members of the contact in the number of 26 people sent to the observatory airport - told the legend teachings of Staff chairman, chief sanitarian CD Sabirzhan Abdikarimov, start giving teachings.

After an emergency meeting of the department of state sanitary and epidemiological surveillance at the airport, left team of consultants who examinations of patients set preliminary diagnosis: avian flu. The patient hospitalized in the Republican Clinical Infectious Hospital. The material is taken for laboratory analysis and to the virological laboratory DGSEN.

- Today, using sophisticated laboratory equipment we can for five hours to determine the kind of virus - said head of the Laboratory DGSEN Potassium Kasymbekova. - Previously for such an analysis had to turn to colleagues in Russia and Kazakhstan, this takes several days. In the past year, thanks to the assistance of the World Bank was purchased equipment worth 35 thousand euros and a renovation of the laboratory by world standards. An autonomous ventilation.

- During the exercises we improve preparedness and rapid response health organizations, the protection of health workers, trained medical personnel safety fence, storage and transportation of biomaterial sick people to conduct disinfection in hearth disease - said director of the National Center of quarantine and especially dangerous infections Zhalallidin Gaybulin.

The costs of the exercises provided by the project "Control of preparedness to confront the pandemic of highly pathogenic avian influenza" in accordance with the ruling government. During the exercises, it became known that the World Bank, the project has identified Kyrgyzstan additional one million 150 thousand U.S. dollars. The grant is aimed at further strengthening the capacity of veterinary and sanitary-epidemiological service of the country.

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Bishkek to host training doctrine to detect bird flu patient

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