The World Health Organization (WHO) highly appreciated the measures on epidemiological control and immunization carried out in Azerbaijan against measles and rubella, Javahir Suleymanova, specialist in infectious diseases at the WHO office in Azerbaijan, told Trend.

The number of tuberculosis patients in Azerbaijan last year decreased by three percent compared to 2017.

The issue of collection of contributions for compulsory medical insurance from the tax administration in Azerbaijan should be considered.

Private clinics will be granted the right to carry out the removal of donor organs and transplantation surgeries in Azerbaijan.

Today, a significant number of Azerbaijani citizens need organ transplantation.

New cases of measles have been recorded in Azerbaijan.

Farma Shah LLC, a producer of medicinal plants in Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (NAR), plans to export its products to Russia, a source at the company told Trend.

Highly qualified cardiovascular surgeon Anar Amrah and his team has performed an artificial heart implant surgery for a patient with a diagnosis of severe heart and pulmonary insufficiency.

There have been some changes in the pharmacy memorandum signed between Iran and Azerbaijan, Javad Jahangirzadeh, Iran's ambassador to Azerbaijan, said at a press conference, Trend reports.

After the earthquake that occurred in Azerbaijan’s Shamakhi regiont, 30 people appealed to the Shamakhi central hospital, Azerbaijan’s Healthcare Ministry told Trend Feb. 6.

Azerbaijani MPs Aflatun Amashov and Fazil Mustafa have proposed to adopt the “Law on Online Media” at a plenary session of the country’s parliament, Trend reports.

The A/H1N1 virus is currently spread in Azerbaijan, but it is not a new virus and is not designated as “swine flu”, said Hande Harmanci, head of the World Health Organization (WHO) office in Azerbaijan, Trend reports.

The pilot project on the implementation of mandatory health insurance system in Azerbaijan will not be expanded in 2019, Zaur Aliyev, chairman of the State Agency for Mandatory Health Insurance under the Cabinet of Ministers, told Trend on Jan. 31.

Three winter months are not only endless snow fun and New Year holidays.

Polyclinics in Azerbaijan will work under the system of compulsory medical insurance and no polyclinic or clinic will be left out of this system, Zaur Aliyev, chairman of the State Agency for Mandatory Health Insurance, told Trend on Jan. 22.

A package of services is being renewed in Azerbaijan as part of the work being carried out to apply the mandatory health insurance system, chairman of the State Agency on Mandatory Health Insurance under the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers, Zaur Aliyev, told Trend.

There is no swine flu (H1N1 flu) in Azerbaijan, main epidemiologist at the Azerbaijani Health Ministry Ibadulla Aghayev told Trend.

All countries equally face the risk of infection with the flu virus, Head of the Azerbaijan Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) Hande Harmanci told Trend Jan. 11.

There have been no cases of measles and rubella infection in samples taken to date, the infectious diseases situation is fully controlled, Deputy Director of the Republican Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology of the Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Health Afag Aliyeva told Trend on January 10.

Today health tourism in Azerbaijan is developing as a new direction, but with the existing great potential.

Taking care of every citizen’s health is an integral part of the social policy in Azerbaijan.

The Food Safety Agency of Azerbaijan has signed a memorandum with the Analytical Expertise Center of Azerbaijan’s Healthcare Ministry to toughen the fight against bioactive food additives.

Autumn has come, summer is again in the past, and it's time to think about our health.

Information on the spread of tuberculosis in Azerbaijan is unfounded, said the Health Ministry commenting on the rumors of this virus across the country.

The State Agency on Mandatory Health Insurance will make changes to the basic package of country's compulsory health insurance system (CHI).