Children’s Health Protection Issues in the Kyrgyz Republic

Abstract

A review of the current system for the health and development of children and adolescents in the Kyrgyz Republic revealed a number of key issues. There is a lack of coordination among public, private, non-governmental, and international organizations for the advancement of current condition of children and adolescents. The staff of the health care system, education, social protection and other government agencies, whose activities, one way or another, are related to working with children, need to improve their skills, taking into account the expansion of policies in the field of health protection and development of children and adolescents. There is limited use of available factual data to improve the quality of medical care, habilitation and rehabilitation, disease prevention (overweight and underweight, tuberculosis, diseases of the reproductive system, psycho-emotional disorders, etc.) violence, and trauma. Environmental risks remain high (clean water, safe environment and living conditions). There is very low participation of the civil sector in decision-making and implementation of a program in the field of health care and development of children and adolescents.