AKIPRESS.COM - The International Atomic Energ Agency (IAEA) provides support to Tajikistan on strengthening oncology services in the country, the IAEA reported.
To support Tajikistan’s efforts to ensure greater access to treatment, the IAEA recently launched a new, four-year IAEA national TC project to help establish a regional radiotherapy service in the northern Sughd region and enhance radiotherapy services in Dushanbe.
The effort builds on an earlier national TC project under which the IAEA provided modern equipment, training and expert advice on technical and clinical aspects of cancer care.
“The establishment of the second radiotherapy department in the country in the northern city of Khujand will allow greater patient access to much needed cancer treatment service and is part of Tajikistan’s large scale strategy to expand cancer treatment,” said Ms Sandra Steyskal, Section Head, Division for Europe, Department of Technical Cooperation, IAEA.
From 9 - 13 April 2018, IAEA staff made an official visit to Tajikistan within the framework of the new TC project.
During high-level meetings with Tajikistan’s Deputy Minister of Health Umarzoda Saida Gayrat and Rajabboy Ahmadzoda, Governor of the Sughd region, IAEA officials reviewed the country’s needs and the steps necessary to address them, as outlined in the “National Programme for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of malignant neoplasms in the Republic of Tajikistan for 2010-2015” and the “Action Plan for the ‘Strategy for prevention and control of non-communicable diseases and injuries in the Republic of Tajikistan for the period of 2013-2023”.