Today, the Exhibition Center of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted the grand opening of the International Exhibition “Healthcare, Education and Sports in the Era of the Revival of the New Epoch of the Powerful State” and, as part of it, a scientific conference, timed to coincide with the Day of Healthcare and Medical Industry Workers, widely celebrated in our country.

Members of the Government and Milli Gengesh, the heads of diplomatic missions and international organizations accredited in Turkmenistan, the leaders and representatives of ministries and sectoral departments, medical scientific and clinical centers, the Academy of Sciences, public organizations, educational institutions, the media, and numerous workers in the field of domestic healthcare attended the opening ceremony.

In accordance with the Decree and on behalf of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, the ceremony of presenting state awards and honorary titles to the best workers of the healthcare system and the medical industry, who made a significant contribution to protecting the health of the population, ensuring people’s health to increase the wealth of the country, introducing effective methods of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases into medical practice, was held at the Turkmen State Medical University named after Myrat Garryev.

Every year, the forum on the success of the healthcare sector in Turkmenistan expands the geography of the participating countries, offering new ideas and approaches based on innovative technologies and broad international cooperation.

The exhibition reflects the impressive pace of development of the domestic healthcare system, the achievements and huge potential of Turkmenistan in the field of medical science and industry, public healthcare, as well as the growing interest of foreign partners in active cooperation in this field.

This year the exhibition is attended by professionals in various fields of medicine from more than 30 countries. The exhibitors include over 150 foreign manufacturers of pharmaceutical products, medical equipment and consumables, providing a variety of medical services, a wide range of natural cosmetics, baby food, including companies from Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, USA, Canada, France, Italy, Great Britain, Austria, Belgium, Poland, Turkey, Japan, Korea, India, Pakistan, Thailand, European Union countries, etc.

Among the participants of the medical show were long-term partners of Turkmen medical professionals: “Seda Medical”, “PHILIPS”, “VICHI”, “OMEGA”, “Horiba, Olympus”, “Elekta”, “Fujinon”, “B .Braun”, “Aesculap”, “Leica Microsystems”, “SANDOZ”, “AGFA”, “Canon”, “Roche”, “Zimmer”, “Bego”, “Bionorica”, “Siemens”, “Sanofi”, “Laboratore innotech international”, “Pentax”, “Takeda”, “Astellas”, “Askin and Co”, “Santo” and many others.

Traditionally, the pavilion of the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan opens the exposition, where copies of international certificates are presented, indicating the recognition of the services performed by our country in the elimination of a number of infectious diseases. As is known, the experience of Turkmen medical professionals in this area is recommended for dissemination in the countries of the WHO European Region.

A visible achievement in the field of domestic healthcare is the ultra-modern medical centers equipped with the latest equipment built in the capital and regions of the country.

The stand of the Ministry also demonstrates the scientific works of Chairman of the Halk Maslakhaty of the Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

Next to the exposition of the Ministry there is a pavilion of the Charitable Foundation for Assistance to Children in Need of Guardianship named after Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. It should be noted that children in the Turkmen society, who have lost their parents are not left aside. Since its establishment the Charitable Foundation has been carrying out effective work, which allows the children to fully feel the care shown for them and take their rightful place in society.

Funds are regularly allocated from the Fund to conduct various operations in medical institutions of the capital and regions of the country, as well as to pay for the costs of treatment and purchase of appropriate medical supplies for young Turkmen citizens in need of care, who are brought up and educated in orphanages and specialized boarding schools schools. At the expense of the Fund prosthetic products, hearing aids and wheelchairs were also purchased for orphans and children from low-income families.

As part of the exhibition the presentation of the 14th volume of the fundamental work by Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov “Medicinal Plants of Turkmenistan” was held, which was published on the eve of the professional holiday of the country’s health workers,.

The Saglyk-2022 Exhibition is an ideal platform for product promotion, business development, market research, meetings with specialists from different regions of our country and abroad. Therefore, it is natural that domestic private companies, members of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan, are widely represented at this show. Among them are individual enterprises “Ýowşan”, “Ak Hümmet”, “Tebip”, “Dermanlar”, “Yşgyn”, “Boýbodron”, “Dag oty”, ES “Saglyk”, “Hoş”, “Dowamat” and others.

The stands of such sanatoriums and health resorts as “Baýramaly”, “Berzeňňi”, “Arçman”, “Ýyly suw”, “Farap”, “Mollagara”, and “Daşoguz” constitute a separate exposition block. Today, each of them is a modern, comfortable health recovery center and is not inferior in its equipment and range of services to world analogues.

Achievements in the production of medicinal preparations based on local plant materials are demonstrated by the enterprises of the “Türkmendermansenagat” Association. As part of the implementation of the state programs in recent years, enterprises have been established for the production of medicines from local raw materials, in particular, for the packaging of medicinal clays and sea salt in Jebel, for the production of iodine in Bereket, sterile dressings in Dashoguz, for the production of mineral healing water “Berzeňňi”.

The people of Turkmenistan appreciated the products of the Agro-Industrial complex “Buýan”. The oxygen plant of the “Lukmançylyk enjamlary” Association supplies medical institutions with medical oxygen in steel cylinders, and sodium hypochlorite production facilities located in Ashgabat, Balkanabat, Dashoguz, Mary and Tejen fully meet the country’s daily needs for disinfectants.

The Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan presents its successes at the current review.

In the center of the exhibition area of the Ministry of Sports and Youth Policy, the monitor shows the large-scale work being carried out in our country under the leadership of the President of Turkmenistan to improve the health of the nation, establish the principles of healthy lifestyle, culture and sports among the people of Turkmenistan.

In the afternoon a conference hall of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted the opening of the International Scientific Conference Health, Education and Sports in the era of the Revival of the New Epoch of the Powerful State”.

Eminent scientists, professors, doctors of sciences, high-ranking representatives in the fields of health, education and sports from a number of foreign countries, including Russia, Germany, China, Uzbekistan, etc., as well as the WHO European Office and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), congratulated the Turkmen colleagues on their professional holiday, and highly appreciated the achievements of the healthcare of sovereign Turkmenistan, which meets the standards of the World Health Organization, as well as the important international initiatives put forward by the head of state. In this regard, new approaches were stated aimed at intensifying international cooperation in the field of healthcare and joining efforts in developing consolidated, mutually agreed responses to the global challenges of our time.

As was emphasized in the reports, among the main objectives of modernizing the healthcare sector and the medical industry of Turkmenistan are the popularization of the principles of a healthy lifestyle, improvement of methods for providing primary medical care, development of the institute of family doctors, improving the quality and expanding the range of medical services provided to the population, including medical and sanatorium-resort institutions, strengthening the material and technical support of specialized institutions, the relationship of medical science and practice, advanced training of medical workers, improving the legislative framework for healthcare, etc.

As part of large-scale transformations, numerous sports facilities have been built and are under construction throughout the country, including stadiums, equestrian complexes, autodromes, tennis courts, swimming pools, in which all conditions are created for effective physical education and sports.

Thanks to the well-considered socially oriented policy of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, today Turkmenistan is rightfully recognized as the country of health and high spirit. As part of the state support for the health and high-pergormance sports movement, a new generation of talented youth is formed, able of making a ponderable contribution to strengthening the sports image of the Homeland. Thus, one of the significant events was the participation of the national team in the 32nd Summer Olympic Games held in Tokyo (Japan) in 2021, where the first silver medal was won in the modern history of domestic sports.

Tomorrow, the work of the International Scientific Conference will be continued in 14 sections which will be held in the largest institutions of the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry such as the Hospital with the Scientific and Clinical Center for Cardiology, the Directorate of Infectious Diseases Centers, the Scientific and Clinical Center for Maternal and Child Health, the Ashgabat City Health House No. 11, the Center for Public Health and Nutrition, and in higher educational institutions of the capital. The discussion topics will cover the “Prevention and control of non-communicable diseases”, “Prevention and control of infectious diseases”, “Maternal and child health”, “Surgical diseases”, “Public health and epidemiology”, “Digital medicine”, and “Genomic medicine”.

The thematic sessions will discuss prospects for the comprehensive development and modernization of the national healthcare system, including through the introduction of innovative technologies, best practices and the latest developments in world medicine.

As part of the forum “Healthcare, education and sports in the era of the Revival of the New Epoch of the Powerful State”, the “Aşgabat” Song and Music Center at the Independence Park hosted a concert of art figures. The spectators welcomed with thunderous applause the artists who performed folk and modern songs, and captivating dances.