Republic of Armenia

Mapping brucellosis risk in communities in the Republic of Armenia.

We describe the geographical patterns and identified factors associated with serological evidence of brucellosis in ruminants in Armenian communities during 2006 and 2007. The data comprised the two first complete years of the current national test-and-slaughter control programme for cattle, sheep and goats. Overall, 29% and 21% of the 858 communities involved in this study reported brucellosis...

Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems of National Academy of Science of the Republic of Armenia

Reasons for Delay in Seeking Care for Tuberculosis, Republic of Armenia, 2006–2007

Background. Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In Armenia, case reports of active TB increased from 590 to 1538 between 1990 and 2003. However, the TB case detection rate in Armenia in 2007 was only 51%, indicating that many cases go undetected or that suspected cases are not referred for confirmatory diagnosis. Understanding why Armenians do not seek or ...

Help for Armenia

" From time immemorial malaria has been a widely spread disease amongst the population of Armenia, and now it is the most menacing epidemic threatening them ; 15 per cent, of the population are subject to that disease." The committee recommend that in malaria centres sanitary stations should be established, that if possible 1,000 kilos of quinine should' be distributed free to the people, that ...

Armenia 2002. HiT summary

Recent history of the health care system The health care system was highly centralized in line with the Semashko model of the Soviet Union. The entire population had access to a comprehensive range of medical services free at the point of access. Following independence, devastating economic and sociopolitical problems forced a radical reform programme which introduced out-of-pocket payments for...