Health in Turkmenistan
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative[1]finds that Turkmenistan is fulfilling 74.9% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income.[2]
In 2016,life expectancyfor males in Turkmenistan was 65 and for females 72 years.[3]
The most common causes of death in Turkmenistan arecardiovascular disease,cancer,andrespiratory disease.Major health factors are poor diet, polluteddrinking water,and the industrial and agricultural pollutants that are especially concentrated in the northeastern areas near theAmu Darya Riverand theAral Sea.The reported occurrence ofhuman immunodeficiency virus(HIV) has been less than 0.1 percent. However, sharp increases indrug traffickingthrough Turkmenistan are likely to increase that figure substantially.[4]
PresidentSaparmurat Niyazovconstructed theWalk of Health,a 36 kilometre concrete stairway running along theKopet Dagmountains, which was intended to improve the health of citizens. All ministers, members of parliament and civil servants were ordered to walk the length of it once a year.[5]
The sale of tobacco products in the country was banned by presidentGurbanguly Berdymukhamedowin January 2016. A fine of 6,900 manats is imposed on any shop selling cigarettes. Atadurd Odmanov, the head of theState Service for Protecting the Security of a Healthy Society,was earlier stripped of the rank of Colonel because of his failure to persuade smokers to quit.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Human Rights Measurement Initiative – The first global initiative to track the human rights performance of countries".humanrightsmeasurement.org.Retrieved2023-05-01.
- ^"Turkmenistan - Human Rights Tracker".rightstracker.org.Retrieved2023-05-01.
- ^"Turkmenistan".WHO. 2018.Retrieved25 November2018.
- ^Turkmenistan country profile.Library of CongressFederal Research Division(February 2007).This article incorporates text from this source, which is in thepublic domain.
- ^"Walk of Health".Atlas Obscura. 2007.Retrieved25 November2018.
- ^"Turkmenistan president outlaws all sale of tobacco products, effectively banning smoking altogether".Independent. 16 January 2016.Archivedfrom the original on 2022-05-09.Retrieved3 April2016.
