The first direction is aimed at urgent tasks for further improvement of perinatal services in the republic.

Among them are raising the level of knowledge and qualifications of medical workers specializing in the protection of motherhood and childhood, equipping medical institutions with modern medical equipment, saving the lives of underweight infants and other important activities.

The second direction includes vaccination of children according to the national vaccination calendar, equipping existing sanitary facilities with modern equipment, thus improving the immunization processes in our country.

In addition, major projects will be implemented aimed at improving the water supply of a number of secondary schools of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, which is important for their sanitary and hygienic condition and the health of students. It also implies solving a number of issues such as preventing iodine deficiency and anemia in children.

The third direction consists of measures aimed at improving the nutrition of mothers and children. Among them are such important tasks as providing 6-23-month-old children and women under 35 with iron and folic acid, developing nutrition standards in secondary schools.

The latter direction implies improving the quality of medical services for adolescents. Within its framework, projects such as the development of a national strategy to improve the health of schoolchildren, the preparation of training programs for health workers providing services to adolescents of this age, the creation of a platform to promote a healthy lifestyle among young people will be implemented.

In general, the implementation of the bilateral roadmap will serve to strengthen the health of motherhood and childhood in our country, increase the level of knowledge and qualifications of medical workers working in this direction, the press service of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan reports.