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Uzbekistan is raising the quality of medical care for children and adolescents with oncological and hematological diseases under a national plan for 2025–2035. The plan focuses on improving sector management and sustainable financing.
Tatarstan's health system is about 2,500 doctors short, officials said, with nine districts in critical condition. In three districts, hospitals are staffed with fewer than half the required doctors. The figures were presented at a weekly meeting chaired by Tatarstan's head, Rustam Minnikhanov, where 19,460 doctors were noted as currently working in the system.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said a recruitment notice for 38,000 non-physician health personnel will be issued before 2026 ends. He made the announcement at a joint groundbreaking and opening ceremony for the Çapa and Esenyurt campuses of Istanbul University Hospital, held on the Çapa Faculty of Medicine campus in Istanbul.
Kyrgyzstan has defined the main directions of its demographic policy for 2026–2030. The authorities intend to improve living conditions for families, expand access to education and healthcare, and create additional employment opportunities for parents, the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Migration said.
Innovative medicines developed by scientists at a Kazan university were presented to Rustam Minnikhanov, head of the Republic of Tatarstan, as part of an exhibition at the TAYM forum. Kazan State Medical University rector Airat Farrakhov and Institute of Pharmacy director Ruslan Mustafin presented the projects, which have significant commercial potential and aim at import substitution.
Shortages of nurses, health technicians, midwives and dental assistants are growing in North Macedonia. It is reported that about 40 nurses leave the public health system every month. Low wages, poor working conditions and criticism that merit is not respected in hiring are cited as the main causes.
According to the Kyrgyz Ministry of Health, 21 healthcare facilities were built and completed in 2021-2025 using the republican budget and other sources. Their construction cost a total of 2 billion 612 million 882 thousand soms. In 2026, construction of more than 40 healthcare facilities is being financed with 13 billion 236 million soms. Five facilities are under construction in Bishkek.
North Macedonia's Health Ministry has announced new protocols that will allow multiple sclerosis (MS) treatment to be delivered in regional hospitals, so patients will no longer need to travel to Skopje every month for medication or treatment. Health Minister Saso Klekovski said the Neurology Clinic follows about 2,000 MS patients, of whom 1,800 are receiving active treatment.
Production of stationary X-ray angiography systems is to be localised in Tatarstan, according to the press service of the Innopolis Special Economic Zone.
A 245-bed Republican Infectious Clinical Hospital is planned in Yakutsk, the capital of Yakutia, as part of the city's master plan. The project is among initiatives under the national project «Longevity and Active Life», carried out with support from President Vladimir Putin.
Taliya Minullina, head of the organizing committee of the second Russian-Indian TIME forum and head of Tatarstan's Investment Development Agency, called India the “pharmacy of the world.” She said India ranks first globally in generic drug production, supplies 20% of world generics and about 50% of all vaccines. Minullina named pharmaceuticals as one of the promising areas of cooperation between Tatarstan and India.
Chinese company Raising Sun Technology Co. Ltd plans to invest more than $200 million in building a modern paint production plant for materials in Chust district of Uzbekistan's Namangan region. The project is designed to be implemented in three stages.
A baby has been born in Kazakhstan for the first time using egg cell nucleus replacement, known as the MAT method. The birth places the country among a small number of states that have applied this complex reproductive technology at a clinical level. The method is conventionally referred to as the "three-parent baby" approach.
Better prevention, organised screening, shorter waiting times and a national oncology care plan are among key steps to improve cancer treatment in North Macedonia. The issues were discussed at a meeting held at the Government, attended by institutional representatives, doctors, patients and experts from several European countries.
A fake document announcing additional sanitary and educational measures in medical institutions of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) has circulated, linked to the entry and spread risk of plague. The Rospotrebnadzor administration for the Sakha Republic issued a warning about it.
Kyrgyzstan's Chuy region is implementing 28 large projects with a total investment volume of 51.4 billion soms. Elkinbek Ashirbaev, the presidential plenipotentiary representative in Chuy region, said this on the air of Birinchi Radio.
North Macedonia's Health Minister Saško Klekovski, after visiting the Štip Clinical Hospital, said construction work to complete the hospital must begin by autumn 2027. Klekovski said he expects talks with the World Bank and the European Investment Bank to be completed by the end of the year, and a project contract to be signed.
Uzbekistan has launched a national programme for early diagnosis of colorectal cancer, as part of state health policy and cancer prevention. It is being implemented jointly with the Association of Oncologists of Uzbekistan, the Republican Specialized Scientific-Practical Medical Center of Oncology and Radiology, and the International Medical Center Gustave Roussy International.
Children with Down syndrome in Kyrgyzstan will be assigned a disability category until they turn 18 during their initial medical-social examination, without a set date for a repeat assessment. The Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Migration announced this at a press conference.
An international exhibition and scientific conference on healthcare, education and sport was held in Ashgabat. The annual event is described as a prestigious forum aimed at introducing the latest advances in medical science and developing ties with foreign partners.
An international exhibition and scientific conference was held in Ashgabat, themed “Health care, education and sport in the era of the Revival of a new epoch of a mighty state.” Vice-rector Andrey Tolstikov of Tyumen State University (TyumGU) attended the forum, a traditionally prestigious event on advanced medical science and strategic ties with foreign research centres.
Today's top Turkic news: Uzbekistan-China ties, Samarkand visit, Kulubaev-Rubio talks, Northern Cyprus festival and Turkmen desertification centre.
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