Building on the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic, strengthening access to quality health care reforms, and spotlighting life-saving vaccination as the Region marks European Immunization Week, are some of the issues on the agenda during World Health
By Trend
Today PROACT-Care project was launched in Shamakhi with an event that brought together the key partners and stakeholders of the project.
The project aims to strengthen primary healthcare capacity in Shamakhi district to respond to the interruption of essential health care services in the context of COVID-19 and beyond, especially for vulnerable populations, and at the same time, create a real-life demonstration of a primary healthcare model tailored for Azerbaijan, which could then be scaled-up to the whole country.
The project is implemented by WHO Azerbaijan and funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), UkAid, RoAid, and Universal Health Coverage Partnership initiative (a joint initiative of WHO and its partners). WHO Azerbaijan partners with the Executive Power of Shamakhi District, Ministry of Health of Azerbaijan, State Agency for Mandatory health Insurance, TABIB, Heydar Aliyev Foundation, UNICEF, and UNFPA for implementation of the