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Media Review for December 25, 2019
The level of medical care, the compliance of education with market requirements, and an expert look at Azerbaijan’s entry into the WTO are topics of current media.
The newspaper Azerbaijan writes about the level of health care in the country and about the successful implementation of the state program for mass medical examination of citizens. The author also recalls the amendments to the Law on Health Insurance, according to which compulsory health insurance has been applied in the country since 2020.
The article also recalls pilot projects on compulsory medical insurance, covering 340 thousand people. About 30 thousand internally displaced persons under the basic package are provided with free medical care. Over the past 15 years, 640 hospitals and medical facilities have been built and repaired. More than 5 million people annually undergo a medical examination in the state line.
The website Yeni Sabah.az discusses the level of education in the country with expert Kamran Asadov. The world has already moved to the 4th level of the industrial revolution, and Azerbaijan is still at the 2nd level - the level of electrification.
The fourth level is the era of smart technologies, to which Azerbaijan is still far away. Today, universities are not able to train personnel for 5 years in advance. “Our universities train personnel not for 2020, but for 1950,” the expert said.
The Bizimyol.info website writes about the reasons for Azerbaijan’s non-accession to the WTO. Opinions were divided on this issue. Pro-government economists believe that the time for joining the WTO has not come, and those who think more independently think that the country will benefit from joining the WTO.
The economist Gubad Ibadoglu talks about the WTO rules that must be respected. As of July 2018, the WTO had 164 members. The last country to join the WTO was Afghanistan (July 2016). Another 22 countries are in the process of joining this organization.
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An online meeting of civil society activists focused on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan, convened on the initiative of the Justice Solidarity Committee, highlighted significant concerns over the detention of journalists, political activists, and opponents of the war. The gathering, held on August 30, coincided with the International Day of Remembrance of the Missing and underscored the ongoing challenges facing both Azerbaijani and Armenian societies in the wake of the Karabakh conflicts.
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No precipitation is expected in Baku and on the Absheron Peninsula; the northwestern wind will change to a southeastern wind during the day. Air temperatures will range from 21-26°C at night and 33-38°C during the day, according to the National Hydrometeorology Service of the Ministry of Ecology.
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A fire has erupted at the Experimental and Testing Production of the Scientific Research Institute of SOCAR (the state oil company) in the Surakhani district of Baku, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. "Thanks to the urgent and necessary measures taken by the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the spread of the fire to neighboring areas, including nearby residential buildings, has been prevented," the statement reads. Efforts to extinguish the fire are still ongoing.
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In September, the average monthly air temperature in Azerbaijan is expected to be close to the climatic norm. Precipitation levels will also be near the norm, but in some areas, they will exceed it, according to the September forecast from the National Hydrometeorological Service.
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