BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 17. There is a need to
strengthen primary healthcare and preventive measures in Azerbaijan
despite ongoing efforts to expand mandatory health insurance
services nationwide, Soltan Mammadov, Member of the Health
Committee of the Azerbaijani Parliament, said during today's
committee meeting, Trend's correspondent reports from the event.
"The package of services under mandatory health insurance is
being expanded, quality control of services is being tightened, and
significant work is being carried out toward increasing the
accessibility of medical services in Azerbaijan," he added.
The MP noted that continuous activities are currently being
carried out by both government agencies and non-governmental
organizations to expand healthcare services.
According to him, along with this, the strengthening of primary
healthcare and preventive measures carries special importance.
"Particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic, funds allocated to
preventive measures and primary healthcare in both developed and
developing countries account for 20-25% of total healthcare
expenditures," the MP emphasized.
Mammadov stated that the work carried out toward further
strengthening preventive measures and outpatient services is
expected to expand in the future.
The MP added that, based on reports from the World Health
Organization, Azerbaijan has ranked among the leaders in the region
in implementing preventive measures over many years.
According to him, although certain changes have been observed in
attitudes toward preventive measures and vaccination programs after
the COVID-19 pandemic, strengthening primary healthcare remains one
of the priority issues today.
