Last week, the capital’s “Sergi Köşgi” Expo Center hosted a grand opening of the International Exhibition “Saglyk-2015” devoted to the 20th anniversary of the “Saglyk” State Program and Healthcare and Medical Industry Day, which is widely celebrated in our country. This year, specialists in different fields of medicine from 41 countries participate in the large-scale exposition. Along with the stands of our country’s state ministries and agencies, major research and educational centers, health resorts, the exhibition, on display are the products of 251 companies – manufacturers of a wide range of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment, which render services in various areas of the healthcare system. The majority of exponents (137 companies) are from the European countries; among newcomers are 25 companies. By tradition, professionals in medicine – the companies from Germany, Great Britain, Russia, India, China, Turkey and the USA - are widely presented at the exhibition. The fact testifies to our partners’ long-term interest and their aspiration for long-standing cooperation. The stand of Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan, which opens the exposition, is “decorated” with the copies of international certificates, recognizing our country’s achievements in eradication of a number of infectious diseases. Next to the Ministry’s stand, there is the stand of State Sports Committee, State Tourism Committee, and Organizing Committee for the Asian Games-2017. Visitors have the opportunity to get acquainted with the samples of mascots, torches and sport equipment, designed for the important sport event. Comparable with a mobile medical hospital, modern sophisticated ambulances are on display on the ground floor. Among the participants in the medical exhibition are long-standing partners of Turkmen health professionals, such as “Hospitalia International”, “Sirona”, “Bionoricа”, a branch of “Siemens AG” (Germany), “Bayer Healthcare”, “World Medicine Limited” (Great Britain), “STADA” (Russia-Germany), “Unipharm Inc.” (USA), “Interlab” and “Tatkhimfarmpreparaty” (Russia), “Sanofi” and “Laboratore Innotech International” (France), “Pentax”, “Takeda”, “Astellas” and “Toshiba Medical Systems” (Japan), “Askin and Co.” (Austria), the Borisov Pharmaceutical Plant and the “Minskinterkaps” Plant (Belarus), and many others. “Laboratories Anios” (France), “Fresenius Kabi” (Germany), “Abbolt Nutrition” (USA) (a supplier of baby food to the Turkmen market since this year’s February) have participated in the exhibition for the first time. “Santo” (Kazakhstan) and the “Nesvizhsky Pharmaceutical Plant” (Belarus) are promoting their pharmaceutical products to the Turkmen market. Among the new participants is “Israel Cosmetics TM” - a company, presenting a broad spectrum of natural cosmetics. At the exhibition, its specialists give master classes on how to use beauty products of the Dead Sea. “Mert Medical Project” and a clinic at the “Fatih” University (Turkey) have offered a complex of diagnostic and treatment services for the first time. The exhibition is a good opportunity for new exponents and representatives of research centers to present their capabilities and intentions, to get exposure to the prospective Turkmen market. Attendees of the exhibition had also an opportunity to get familiarized with the exponents’ potential in the field of production and supply of the most advanced medical equipment and construction of healthcare facilities. A wide range of pharmaceutical products, state-of-the-art diagnostic, laboratory and therapeutic equipment, specialized devices and furniture, various instrumentalities, services, innovative developments applied in many fields of medicine, natural cosmetic products, and many others were widely presented at the exhibition. The pavilions, which demonstrated innovative scientific research achievements used in different areas of medicine and high computer technologies, evoked particular interest to specialists. Major part of the exposition at the “Sergi Köşgi” is dedicated to the achievements in medicine and medical industry of Turkmenistan. It features the scientific and methodological books, developments of scientific research institutions and clinics. The exposition of the Turkmen State Medical University, which won the prestigious “European Quality” Award and was included in the “Avicenna Directory” (World Information Fund) by the World Federation for Medical Education, introduces to the educational and research activities of the country’s largest sectoral higher education institution. The stand of the National Red Crescent Society of Turkmenistan illustrates the main areas of its activity. The exposition of the UNFPA Representative Office in Turkmenistan covers its joint work with Turkmen partners. The Exhibition “Saglyk-2015” is an ideal platform for promoting products, developing business, exploring the market, meeting with specialists from different regions of our country and foreign countries. Therefore, it is quite natural that the medical exhibition widely features local private companies – members of the Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Union. Among them are private enterprises “Iovshan”, “Chebshek”, “Dertdesh”, “Yshgyn”, “Dag Oty”, “Dermanhyzmat”, economic societies “Saglyk”, “EM”, and others. Taking active part in pursuing the state healthcare policy, they supply the Turkmen market with the products of world-known pharmaceutical companies and medical equipment manufacturers, render advisory services, and provide after-sales services in maintaining the medical equipment. Separate exhibition stands trace the activity of Ashgabat’s large scientific research centers and sanitary-epidemiological station, healthcare departments of the capital and regions, innovative technology-based research institutions. Not the least interesting are the stands which demonstrate the achievements of the country’s pharmaceutical industry. Such health resorts as “Bairamali”, “Berzengi’, “Archman”, “Iyly Suv”, “Farap”, “Mollakara”, “Dashoguz”, tooled with the latest diagnostic and therapeutic equipment from world’s manufacturers and rendering a wide range of spa services on the basis of local mineral springs, are also represented at the exhibition. The rapidly growing “Avaza” National Tourist Zone, which opens up qualitatively new potentialities for broad international cooperation, offers infinite possibilities to potential partners. The first day of the exhibition was marked by the event of particular importance - the Expo Center’s conference hall hosted a solemn ceremony of presenting the seventh volume of “Medicinal Plants of Turkmenistan” authored by President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov. Along with the description of medicinal plants in the alphabetical order, the seventh volume includes detailed information about 107 species of medicinal plants. The description of every plant is accompanied with a bright illustration. Besides, the volume has a reference guide, a common index of pharmaco-therapeutic properties of plants, and a Russian-Latin-Turkmen dictionary of medicinal plants. For those, who are interested in more detailed information on the topic, the book offers a comprehensive bibliography list. Like the previous volumes, the bulk issue of the seventh volume of the encyclopedic work by the President of Turkmenistan, was released in three-language separate books – in the Turkmen, Russian and English languages. The International Exhibition “Saglyk-2015” will run until July 21.