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Kyrgyzstan
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In 1993 the World Bank reported that the population of Kyrgyzstan
enjoyed better health care than most other countries with similar per
capita income, which averaged US$3,410 per year for Kyrgyzstan's category
in 1992. The current health conditions and health prospects of
Kyrgyzstan's population are difficult to calculate, however, because of
the sudden change that independence visited upon the medical community.
Until 1991 Kyrgyzstan's medical system was financed through the Soviet
Union's Ministry of Health, which guaranteed a health establishment equal
to that of other Soviet republics. With the dissolution of the Soviet
Union and the slow collapse of fiscal ties between Kyrgyzstan and Moscow,
the medical community has inherited an aging but generally adequate
physical plant. However, the system often lacks the vaccines, medicines,
and other resources needed to maintain the health of the population.
Data as of March 1996
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