3.2 Health, education, labor organization

Coastal zone is covered by developed network of medical institutions, including medical-prophylactic, sanitary and pharmaceutical directions. In Baku and Sumgayit cities medical institutions of republican significance are concentrated as well as urban hospitals, prophylactic center, polyclinics and medical points. Some institutions (railway, marine transport, defense, policy, state security) have interdepartmental system of medical provision. In region centers medical institutions of regional and interregional significance, as well as in villages ambulatory and medical attendant points are being functioned.

System characteristics of health service (not accounting departmental medical institutions) is shown on Table 3-4.

Table 3-4. System characteristics of health service

When considering average-chronological (for the period of 10 years) of intensive performances there had been established, that the less values of common morbidity within coastal zone Apsheron peninsula and area of Central Aran are characterized-among teenagers and adolescents as well as Guba-Khachmaz EGR and area of Central Aran-among infants.

Among all nosological forms of morbidity among teenagers and adults (as compared to Common-Republican ones) diseases of respiration organs, bruises and poisoning, inner anomalies (Central Aran), diseases dealing with blood circulation (Gobustan in Apsheron EGR) are mostly spread. In Lenkaran EGR spreading of worm invasions, typhoid fever morbidity, diphtheria, sharp polyemilites exceed not only performances by other regions of coastal zone, but in republic on the whole.

Among the children under 14 years old over republican level there spread diseases dealing with respiration organs, bruises and poisoning (except Apsheron EGR), diseases dealing with derma and hypodermic cellulose (except Guba-Khachmaz EGR). In Apsheron EGR intensive performances of diseases dealing with nervous system and sense and digestion organs, infection and parasitic diseases exceed the common republican level. It is related also to the diseases of muscular and bone system and level of inner anomalies on Apsheron and Central Aran.

Performances of general morbidity and morbidity of various nosological forms (among population applying to various medical institutions i.e. among the primary sickmen) in 1999 by EGR are given in Table 3-5 and 3-6.

Table 3-5. Performances of common population morbidity in 1999 (number of diseases per 100 ths. primary sickmen)

Table 3-6. Performances of morbidity of various nosological forms in 1999. (number of diseases per 100 ths. primary sickmen)

System of social ensuring is based on allocation of monetary provision and privileges to corresponding strata of society. According to "Law of Pension Ensuring" all citizens, working in state and private sector, as well as dependants have a right to get: 1) labor and social pensions by age, disability, loss of bread-winner; 2) state pensions-personal, war invalids, international conflicts, Chernobyl catastrophe, who became invalids due to fulfillment their military duty, asset safety and judicial norms, as well as members of their family when loosing bread-winner; 3) Pensions to mother-heroine; 4) non-state pensions.

State provides some allowances and social privileges including prenatal and postnatal payments for infants, allowances for widows, and children perished during war or invalids of this war, benefit to lonely old men, allowance to refugees and forced migrants etc aimed at defending of country base. Unemployment benefit is paid as well.

Privileges on transport fare, public utilities payments are allocated to war invalids, families of perished during Armenian aggression, war veterans, invalids of Chernobyl catastrophe. Cars are allocated free of charge for personal use to war invalids.

Besides benefit on temporary disability due to disease are presented to all categories of workers.

Population of coastal zone is completely literate. Primary and secondary schools are in all populated areas, secondary, special and high education institutions-in Baku, Sumgayit, Ali-Bairamly cities and majority of centers of administrative regions. In 1999 on the whole 970 thousands person were studied in coastal zone, from them 855, 5 thousands were covered by primary and comprehensive and secondary education, by secondary and special education-21,2 thousand and by higher education-93,3 thousands of pupils. Characteristics of education system in coastal zone are given in Table 3-7.

Table 3-7. Characteristics of education system for 1999

Coastal zone mainly Baku city, Sumgayit, Ali-Bairamly, Guba, Lenkaran is the center of public-political life of country. Public organizations like Confederation of Trade Union of Azerbaijan, Culture Fond, Children Fond, Fond of the 20-th January, numerous professional, charitable, scientific, public and patriotic unions, unification, societies, republican councils of women, veterans of war and labor, Red Crescent Society and other public structures are concentrated in Baku city. For the last years network of non-governmental public organizations of different purposefulness (ecological, humanitarian women on stable development) is intensively developed, which are being functioned according to "Law dealing with non-governmental organizations" and actively take part in public life of region.

Public opinion is widely expressed in Mass Media-TV, radio, the press. Telecasts of Azerbaijan (AzTV-1, AzTV-II), Russian (ORT, RTR, NTV), Turkish (TRT-1, TRT-II, TGRT, NTV) and in the south zone as well Iranian (Tegeran, Tebriz) Television are broadcasting on the territory of Azerbaijan. Non-governmental Tele-stations (ANS, Space, Lider, ABA) are broadcasting as well. Press organs are presented by governmental and numerous non-governmental (political parties, private and public organizations) newspapers and magazines as well as local (of regional significance) publications. Radiocasts broadcast the I and II programs of Azerbaijan radio as well as radio stations of local (regional) local broadcasting center and private radio stations of entertainment-information purposefulness.

Population enjoys the guaranteed right of freely participation in political lie of society taking part in activity of such political organs as New Azerbaijan Party, Mussavat Party, Party of National independence, Democratic, Social-Democratic, Liberal, Communist party.

Population of coastal zone has opportunity to be fond of various forms of active leisure: physical culture and sport, attendance of entertainment events, almost all forms of tourism and leisure on nature's lap.

Baku and Sumgayit cities have a large summer and winter complexes for training of track and field as well as weightlifting athletics, swimming, marine and game kinds of sport as well as small sportive halls and sport clubs grounds, schools, municipal organs. Rural regions and centers also have stadiums and sportive halls, all the rest populated areas-sportive ground of simplified type.

Esthetic needs of population are satisfied by network of culture-enlightening institutions. Movies are functioned in cities and settlement of coastal zone, stationary and mobile film setting, theatres, museums, clubs and public libraries. Data on cultural-enlightening institutions are given in Table 3-8.

Table 3-8. Cultural-enlightening institutions

All landscape-climatic regions of coastal zone to some extent are suitable for various kinds of recreational use. Stretching of areas of coastal line suitable for recreational use reaches to 400-450 km. Marine beaches are located here and rest zone. Resort complexes and tourist bases are functioned on Yalama Nabran coast of Middle Caspian where local population has its rest as well as guests from Baku and other regions of the country. At present Intensive construction of rest zone and tourist bases is realized within Gusar inclined plain and foothill of Greater Caucasus. Mountain zone attracts amateurs of sportive tourism and mountain climbing.

The most developed recreational zone is Apsheron peninsula. Large Sanitary-resort complexes are located on Apsheron coast where treatment from various diseases is realized (cardio-vascular and gastric-intestine, corpus and nervous systems), rest houses, health summer camps. Rest zones and health centers mainly of local significance are located on Lenkaran coast and foothill zone.

Sea leisure is poorly developed and limited by short-term cruises by Baku Bay, to separate islands of Baku archipelago and on Neft Dashlary.

Reference

1. Reports of Ministry of Health for 1995-1999.

2. Reports of Ministry of Education for 1995-1999.

3. Reports of Ministry of Labour and Social Defense of Population for 1995-1999.

4. Reports of Ministry of Economics for 1995-1999.

5. Statistical Yearbook of Azerbaijan for 1999. – State Statistical Committee, Baku, 2000.

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SECTION 4

SECTION 5

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