WHO Sends Medications And Medical Supplies To Earthquake Stricken Area Of Kyrgyzstan

Main Category: Aid / Disasters
Article Date: 07 Oct 2008 - 3:00 PDT

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WHO is sending drugs and medical supplies to Kyrgyzstan's mountainous Alaisky district, bordering China, where a 6.6 magnitude earthquake has killed up to 70 people and wounded 100. Remoteness and difficult communications are slowing the country's response but UN agencies are supporting Kyrgyz authorities to gain a better understanding of the damage to the area.

-- World Health Organization link to Kyrgyzstan.
-- Ministry of Health of Kyrgyzstan

Some Health Facts - Kyrgyzstan
(Source - World Health Organization)

- Mid-year population - 5,115,750
- % of population aged 0-14 years - 31.20
- % of population aged 65+ years - 5.55
- Live births per 1000 population - 21.47
- Crude death rate per 1000 population - 7.23
- Life expectancy at birth, in years - 67.72
- Life expectancy at birth, in years, male - 63.82
- Life expectancy at birth, in years, female - 71.85
- Estimated life expectancy, (World Health Report) - 63
- Estimated infant mortality per 1000 live births (World Health Report) - 52
- Infant deaths per 1000 live births - 29.66
- SDR, diseases of circulatory system, all ages per 100,000 - 713.84
- SDR, malignant neoplasms, all ages per 100000 - 113.88
- SDR, external cause injury and poison, all ages per 100,000 - 92.07
- SDR all causes, all ages, per 100,000 - 1295.02
- Tuberculosis incidence per 100,000 - 123.89
- Hospital beds per 100,000 - 511.58
- Physicians per 100,000 - 252.55
- In-patient care admissions per 100 - 12.93

Total health expenditure as % of gross domestic product (GDP), WHO estimates - 5.40

WHO Country Office, Kyrgyzstan
WHO Information Centre on Health for Central Asian Republics
Chui str. 160
720040 Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan
Tel: +996 312 612680
Fax: +996 312 612681

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