(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Vugar Khalilov
Azerbaijan's Social Security Minister Sahil Babayev has said
that the ministry aims to serve some 30,000 people in
rehabilitation centers in 2022, Azernews reports.
Babayev made the remarks at the presentation ceremony of the EU
technical assistance project - 'Support for reforms in the system
of rehabilitation of disabled people in Azerbaijan', which is aimed
at the social integration of the disabled, improving the quality of
services provided to them, and creating a rehabilitation system
based on the best European practice on July 8, the report
added.
“If we were only able to serve 10,000 residents in
rehabilitation facilities in 2018, we have set a target of serving
30,000 people this year. Furthermore, new rehabilitation centers
are being built. The Children's Rehabilitation Center in Shamkir is
scheduled to open this year,” Babayev stressed.
Another critical concern, according to the minister, is the
rehabilitation of veterans of the 44-day war (2020), including the
provision of various rehabilitation equipment
Babayev underlined that after 18 months since the conclusion of
the 44-day war, over 190,000 services had been provided to 103,000
people, including martyrs' families and disabled war veterans.
In the post-war period, 2,500 war participants have been
provided with rehabilitation services, over 1,400 war-disabled
persons have been provided with 19,300 rehabilitation tools, and a
total of 300 war-disabled persons, including 200 veterans of the
44-day war, have been provided with modern prostheses of the latest
generation, the minister added.
Babayev stated that the rehabilitation of persons with
disabilities, their social protection and integration into society,
and further improvement of services in this field are among the
priority for the Azerbaijani government, and continuous work is
being carried out in the country in this regard.
The minister added that Azerbaijan was one of the first
countries to join the UN Convention 'On the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities' in 2008.
He went on to say that 15 rehabilitation institutes of the State
Medical-Social Expertise and Rehabilitation Agency under the
ministry have been constructed in recent years to meet modern
standards, and the capacity of rehabilitation centers has
tripled.
The DOST Inclusive Development and Creativity Center, according
to Babayev, encourages the development of the creative potential,
abilities, and other skills of socially sensitive groups such as
handicapped people, especially war disabled, and members of
martyrs' families among others.
He expressed hope that the new initiative will give considerable
assistance for improvements in the country's rehabilitation system
for people with disabilities.
Furthermore, Zaur Aliyev, Chairman of the Compulsory Medical
Insurance Agency, Vugar Gurbanov, Acting Chairman of TABIB
(Management Union of Medical Territorial Units), and Deputy Health
Minister Ilgar Gasimov spoke about the protection of the country's
population's health, including state care for people with
disabilities, their medical and social rehabilitation, and medical
insurance. The officials discussed previous initiatives as well as
future objectives.
Then Michelle Moore, project team leader, highly appreciated the
reforms carried out in the field of social protection in
Azerbaijan, as well as the work done on ensuring the rights and
inclusion of persons with disabilities, and gave detailed
information about the project, which will be implemented by October
15, 2023.
During the mentioned period, based on the best international
practice, documents and methods will be prepared for the transition
from the traditional medical model to the social model for the
rehabilitation of disabled individuals. In addition, the new
structure of the rehabilitation centers, the staff will be
improved, and training will be carried out.
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