The 23rd Azerbaijan International Healthcare Exhibition BIHE 2017 will take place at Baku Expo Center 28 - 30 September.

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The 23rd Azerbaijan International Healthcare Exhibition BIHE 2017 will take place at Baku Expo Center 28 - 30 September, Azertac reported.

During the first six months of 2017, such dangerous diseases as polio, diphtheria, measles, whooping cough, epidemic parotitis and rubella were not registered in Azerbaijan, according to the Health Ministry.

A delegation of Korean pharmacists led by chairman of the Korea Pharmaceutical and Bio-Pharma Manufacturers Association (KPBMA) Hee-mok Won will be visiting Azerbaijan from July 17 to 19.

Baku is hosting the Uro-Technology Training Symposium, co-organized by Azerbaijan Medical University and the International Society of Urology.

"There is more of me to love" says a popular expression, which has lost its relevance at the end of the last century. Modern science has shown a direct correlation of overweight and development of a wide range of serious diseases.

The State Agency for Compulsory Medical Insurance under Azerbaijan’s Cabinet of Ministers is preparing a package of amendments to the legislation to determine the size of a premium for the medical insurance, Agency’s Director Zaur Aliyev said on June 14.

For the majority of customers ice-cream is a mainstay of summer, the period increases the demand for refreshers.

Deputy Health Minister Elsever Agayev said that the country has implemented successful steps over the past years in health sphere regarding the material-technical base and staff training.

Azerbaijan can impose a penalty for conducting advertising campaigns, accompanied by free distribution of medicines and provision of free medical services.

“Baku Heart Days” 5th International Congress organized by the Azerbaijan Society for Cardiovascular Surgery has today started in Baku, Azertac reported.

The results of pilot projects to introduce compulsory health insurance in Azerbaijan are very encouraging, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Ahmadov said.

Azerbaijani parliament is keen to eradicate bad habits in the society, while ban on smoking in public places may be a pioneer in this health marathon.

Azerbaijan’s National Fund for Entrepreneurship Support (NFES) is planning to finance the construction of a health complex in Gobustan district.

Azerbaijan-German-Turkish Medical Congress for surgery, oncology, gastroenterology, radiology and gynecology has kicked off in Baku.

Azerbaijan plans to make amendments to the law "On medicine". This issue was discussed at a meeting of the parliamentary committee on health.

The projects on compulsory health insurance in Azerbaijan, which are currently underway, will soon cover all regions of the country as part of reforms in the health sphere.

Medicine prices has turned into one of the hotly-debated topics in Azerbaijani society after Tariff Council began to adjust prices for a number of medicines since 2014.

The price fluctuations in pharmaceuticals market of the country is linked with the changes in the rate of the national currency of Azerbaijan, Tariff Council announced, refusing alleged deficiency in medical products.

Citizens of Azerbaijan will be able to have free medical check-ups from February 15 to May 15. An annual free-of-charge medical examination was endorsed by the Azerbaijani President in 2014, Azertac reported.

The organ donation and organ transplantation from corpse will be possible in Azerbaijan as the relevant legislation will be put in place to provide the safest system for this area of healthcare.

Azerbaijan prevented infectious diseases says country's Ministry of Health.

Roughly half of the population will benefit from the compulsory medical insurance in the places where the system will be applied.