Tajikistan or 'Typhoidistan'?
Tajikistan or 'Typhoidistan'?
Author(s): Konstantin ParshinSubject(s): Politics
Published by: Transitions Online
Keywords: Tajikistan; Soviet Union; Radio Free Europe; Emomali Rakhmonov
Summary/Abstract: Nearly 1,000 people in this capital city of one million people have been hospitalized with typhoid fever since the beginning of October. Special isolation hospitals are bursting to capacity with patients, and municipal health authorities have ordered every available medical facility to find room for new patients. The Ministry of Health has mobilized groups of doctors and ordered them to conduct diagnostic and awareness campaigns throughout the city.
Journal: Transitions Online
- Issue Year: 2003
- Issue No: 10/30
- Page Range: On Line
- Page Count: 1
- Language: English
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