Healthcare in Azerbaijan
[1] State pharmacies and an analytical laboratory were set up in Baku to make drugs, bacteriological preparations, treatment syrups, and to conduct medical-legal examinations.
Newly formed People's Commissariat of Healthcare of Azerbaijan by Soviet authorities benefited from the traditions established during the ADR period.
[3] After independence in 1991 the healthcare system of Azerbaijan confronted economic difficulties and therefore, quality and access to medical service declined.
Government is trying to address the problems faced by healthcare sphere of the country with implementing different reforms, projects and getting support from international organizations.
[3] The current Statute of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Azerbaijan is confirmed by a decree signed by Heydar Aliyev on December 29, 1998.
[10] The Governmental Commission was established to organize and conduct health care reforms according to the Resolution No 760 (March 13, 1998) of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
[9][11] The government of Azerbaijan has been accepted laws on: "Pharmaceutical activity" (1996 November 5); "Protecting of population health" (26 June 1997); "Radiation safety of the population" (1997 December 30); "Transplantation of human organ and (or) tissues" (1999 October 28); "Medical insurance" (1999 October 28); "Private medical practice" (1999 December 30); "Immunoprophylaxis of infectious diseases" (2000 April 14); "Control tuberculosis in the Republic of Azerbaijan" (2000 May 2); "Psychiatric care" (2001 June 12); "Narcological service and control" (2001 June 29); "Iodization of salt for mass prevention of iodine deficiency" (2001 December 27); "State care for people with diabetes" (2003 December 23); "Turnover of narcotics, psychotropic substances and their precursors" (2005 June 28); "Pharmaceutical products" (2006 December 22); "Fight against the disease caused by human immunodeficiency virus" (2010 May 11); Amendments to the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On protecting of population health" (2013 October 22, 2011 June 24); "State care of multiple sclerosis" (2012 March 7); "Mandatory child dispensing" (2013 May 5).
Those projects are dealing with diabetic, thalassemia patients and their treatments, organizing blood donation, improving health condition of mothers and their babies.
[13] Projects for applying modern information technologies to the healthcare system were implemented as "Electronic Azerbaijan" State Program.
[14] One of them was establishment The State Agency on Mandatory Health Insurance under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan according to the Order No.
Therefore, new system will provide health insurance fund for pensioners, non-working citizens and those receiving social benefits financed by the state.
With a workforce of over 100,000 employees and approximately 200 medical facilities countrywide, TABIB's primary objective is to deliver high-quality healthcare services to the citizens of Azerbaijan.
Established in 2018, TABIB's core mission is to organize and enhance the provision of medical services across the country, while improving the quality of care delivered.
TABIB is continually striving to strengthen the efficiency of public health protection, ensure long-term sustainability of the healthcare system, and enhance the quality and accessibility of medical services in alignment with the latest standards.
In pursuit of these objectives, TABIB has been actively collaborating with a variety of reputable partners and organizations at both bilateral and international levels.
