The new issue of the quarterly newsletter of NGO "National Budget Group."
The analytical material by the candidate of economic sciences Azer Mehdiyev with reference to the British medical journal "The Lancet" provides data on health care in the countries of the CIS.
The highest death rate in Azerbaijan is from cardiovascular disease, heart attacks, from infections, as well as the residual government's attitude towards the problems of motherhood. Health expenditure per capita in the country is 5.9% of GDP and 4.7% of this is spent by the citizens themselves. We all face the fact that at the time of surgery in public hospitals are no free anything until dressings, not to mention expensive medications, intravenous injection of cancer (on which is written "is issued free") cost by more than 100 manats.
Every Azerbaijani has 69.6% of actual medical expenses, while the index for the Georgians is 68.3%, and for the Tajiks it is 66.5%. Least of all is spent on the solution of health problems the citizens of Belarus (19.9%), Russia (31.4%) and Kyrgyzstan (37.8%). For comparison - the average cost of private treatment in the EU - 16.6%.
The share of health of Azerbaijan in the structure of fiscal expenditure, despite a five-fold increase in gross (in 2005, 115.3 million, in 2013 - 567.8 million) over the past 8 years is unchanged at 3.3% or 1.1% of GDP. - 17D-
Economics
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Azerbaijan's Cabinet of Ministers has introduced new regulations establishing the minimum royalties for authors of state-commissioned films, aiming to promote creative works reflecting the country's national identity and cultural values.
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Tea imports to Azerbaijan have increased. According to the State Customs Committee, from January to November 2024, tea imports grew by 3.3% year-on-year to 12,893 tons in volume and by 4.5% in value, amounting to $67.715 million.
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Azerbaijan’s State Railways (ADY) reported a 28% year-on-year increase in transit cargo volumes through the North-South International Transport Corridor (NSTC) in 2024, reaching 814,000 tonnes. This growth underscores the country’s concerted efforts to unlock the strategic potential of the corridor, which connects Northern Europe and Russia to the Indian Ocean.
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The architectural company El & En has received several contracts worth a total of AZN 805,593 from the Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture. Additionally, the Territorial Construction Planning Center commissioned projects from the private company El & En worth several hundred thousand manats. These architectural projects involve work in liberated territories and other regions of Azerbaijan. The co-owner of this company, along with his son, is Elbay Gasimzade, the head of the Public Council under the State Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture and simultaneously the Chairman of the Union of Architects.
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