Press release
UNICEF and WHO: Every dollar spent on Primary Health Care returns 16 USD
BISHKEK, 12 April 2023, – Today, the Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Bakyt Dzhangaziev, the Special Representative of the WHO Regional Director in the Kyrgyz Republic, Dr. Shahin Huseynov, and UNICEF Representative in Kyrgyzstan, Ms Christine Jaulmes, led the discussion on strengthening Primary Health Care (PHC) for...
Press release
15,000 rural families in Batken, Jalal-Abad and Osh oblasts will receive counselling on childcare
BISHKEK, 25 August 2021, - The Republican Center for Health Promotion, with the support of UNICEF and the Government of Japan, launches a two-month educational training programme on childcare for 1,000 members of the Village Health Committees (VHCs) in Batken, Jalal-Abad and Osh oblasts. Based on the training prog...
Article
A better future with a little help from a Volunteer
Only a few weeks of self-exercise. That was the time that it took for Madina (14) to sit-up straight and change her life forever. She lives in Suzak, in the South East of Kyrgyzstan and was born with cerebral palsy. Up until her chance encounter with a young volunteer from Japan, she was not able to walk, or sit-u...
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Volunteers are making roads safer for schoolchildren in Kyrgyzstan
During a winter morning in Novopavlovka village, around 40 minutes away from Bishkek, the Capital of Kyrgyzstan, two 10-year-old twin brothers were on their way to school. While crossing the road near the school through a pedestrian crossing, a car accidentally hit them. One of the brothers died from the injuries....
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Do you want to become a UNICEF volunteer?
Do you want to join UNICEF as our volunteer?, In 2023, UNICEF in Kyrgyzstan enrolled volunteers from the following locations:, Naryn, oblast: Kochkor, Jumgal, Naryn, Ak-Tala, At-Bashi districts and the city of Naryn;, Jalal-Abad , oblast: Ala-Buka, Bazar-Korgon, Tash-Komur, Nooken, Suzak districts;, Osh, oblast, :...
Report
Immunization in Kyrgyzstan. Qualitative research
The publication presents results of a qualitative study which examined reasons behind vaccine refusals, resistances, and barriers. It complements the quantitative data on knowledge, attitude and practice on immunization, collected in 2017. The research was done by “Rebikon” Company for the Ministry of Health of th...
Report
Immunization in Kyrgyzstan. Quantitative research
This report presents results of the Routine Immunisation Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Survey that was conducted in the Kyrgyz Republic in 2017. It was done by “Rebikon” Company for the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic with technical support from UNICEF under the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immun...