From The Moscow Times A clinic in Berdsk, Novosibirsk region.Kirill Kukhmar / TASS Russia has reallocated healthcare spending from dozens of its regions to build and repair hospitals in the occupied territories of eastern Ukraine, the Vedomosti business daily reported Monday, citing a government decree. Sixty-one out of 85 Russian regions — including annexed Crimea …

Helping Ukrainians trapped in Russia or occupied territories is becoming more challenging. Volunteers who are not affiliated with the Russian authorities encounter obstacles, such as blocked bank accounts, legal pressure, and threats. Donations are decreasing. Originally published in Russian, Paper spoke to three volunteers and found out how they delivered humanitarian aid under shelling, sent …

Learning to fight health infodemics: future doctors train in the Republic of Moldova 31 July 2023 At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nicoleta Bodrug worked as a nurse at the Institute of Cardiology in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova. “I could see how much patients diagnosed with COVID-19 or hospitalized due to complications caused by …

Attitudes Toward Mental Health Treatment Shifting Among Kazakhstan’s Urban Youth   RFE/RL July 29, 2023  By Chris Rickleton Mental health professionals in Kazakhstan say the number of young people seeking their services is rising. (file photo)   ASTANA — When Altynshash Mataeva lost her second child shortly after giving birth, her world fell apart. Her …

Disruptions in the supply of medicines for people with HIV in Russia have reached such a significant scale that there is a growing concern of a potential new epidemic. Verstka explains why.

Senators have agreed amendments (http://council.gov.ru/events/news/146858) that include fines for action or lack of action, monitoring and a ban on receiving State assets. Action or lack of action A new provision has been added to Article 1 of the federal law on “Controlling the activities of those acting under foreign influence”. This means that public organisations …

The mountain doctor on call in north-east Georgia – in pictures From The Guardian, 18 July 2023 Irakli Khvedaguridze rides his horse, Bichola, on his way to visit a patient. Photograph: Tomer Ifrah Irakl Khvedaguridze, 81, is the only licensed doctor across 386 sq miles of mountainous region, serving a dwindling community of Tush people. …

More than 25,000 people and 60 CSOs ask for changes to the law on Psychiatric Care to be rejected 18 July 2023 A few days ago, Russian CSOs appealed to the Russian President, asking him to protect the rights of those being cared for in psychoneurological institutions (PNIs). A petition has been launched which anyone …

Azerbaijani president makes first remarks about blockaded village Ilham Aliyev asserted that Soyudlu residents have the right to protest in the face of environmental hazards, though he also backed the police, who brutally suppressed their demonstration. Published by Eurasianet, Jul 12, 2023 Aliyev made his first remarks on the situation in the village three weeks …

12 July 2023 Русский Young ambassadors for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), volunteers and activists in Turkmenistan were energized to build a country free from tobacco at a recent meeting in Ashgabat. The youth dialogue was organized by the WHO Country Office in Turkmenistan, together with the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan …