Umida Maniyazova

From vaccines to screenings: how Uzbekistan is transforming cancer care for women

By addressing cervical cancer prevention and expanding efforts to tackle breast cancer, Uzbekistan is setting an example for public health strategies in Central Asia.

8 May 2025

6 min read

HPV

Thirty-one-year-old cancer suvivor Diana Bakman with her two sons. Credit: Diana Bakman

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The Uzbekistan's Committee for Religious Affairs Pilgrims. Credit: Rasulova Madina

Uzbekistan makes meningitis vaccination mandatory for hajj pilgrims amid rising health concerns

13 Mar 2025

5 min read

Meningitis

Laboratory staff member at the Center for Retraining and Advanced Training of Personnel in the Field of Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health. Credit: Department of the Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health.

A decade of progress: rotavirus vaccination transforms child health outcomes in Uzbekistan

20 Dec 2024

7 min read

Vaccine sovereignty Rotavirus

Disposal of dead livestock after floods in Uzbekistan, May 2024. Credit: Ministry of Ecology, Environment, and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Flooding in Uzbekistan: a growing concern for zoonotic outbreaks

4 Jul 2024

4 min read

Outbreaks Climate change

Children's department of Tashkent’s infectious diseases hospital. Credit: Umida Maniyazova

Rising incidence of hepatitis A in Uzbekistan prompts vaccination push

5 Apr 2024

4 min read

Hepatitis

Credit: Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan

Whooping cough exploits slender immunity gaps in Uzbekistan

9 Jan 2024

5 min read

Whooping cough

Medical examination of a woman with symptoms of coronavirus. Credit: Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health Service.

Uzbekistan prepares for a viral winter

27 Oct 2023

5 min read

Vaccine campaigns COVID-19 Influenza

TB screening in rural Uzbekistan. Credit: Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan steps up its fight against drug-resistant tuberculosis

9 Aug 2023

6 min read

Tuberculosis Antimicrobial resistance Diagnostics

A little boy in one of the hospitals in Tashkent. Credit: Umida Maniyazova

Measles is surging, and Uzbekistan is bolstering its defences

24 May 2023

7 min read

Measles Outbreaks

A little girl on one of the rural streets in Surkhandarya District. Credit: U.Maniyazova

How Uzbekistan scrambled to stay polio-free – and succeeded

17 Feb 2023

5 min read

Polio Routine immunisation

Nurse at family clinic in Tashkent during injections. Credit: Umida Maniyazova

Uzbekistan's battle against hepatitis

21 Dec 2022

6 min read

Hepatitis Vaccine safety Vaccine campaigns

Vocational education lesson for girls (secondary school #11 in Margilan city, Fergana region of Uzbekistan). Credit: Umida Maniyazova

Uzbekistan’s girls are taking on HPV

10 Nov 2022

4 min read

Vaccine campaigns HPV Vaccine safety

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