Armenia excels Azerbaijan, Georgia in terms of healthcare quality: reportMay 19, 2017 - 13:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia outperforms all its neighbors in terms of healthcare quality, according to a new report ranking 195 countries globally. The country was placed the 63th in the Healthcare Access and Quality Index, followed by Azerbaijan (No. 68), Georgia (No. 71), Turkey (No. 80) and Iran (No. 87). As an approximate measure of people’s access to quality healthcare, an international team of researchers analyzed mortality rates for 32 diseases and injuries that are typically not fatal when effective medical care is available. The healthcare gold standard remains Andorra, which is geographically nestled between Spain (No. 8) and France (No. 15). Iceland, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Australia, Finland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg round out the top 10 countries, according to the comprehensive report published in the medical journal The Lancet on Thursday, May 18. Interestingly, the United States finished 35th behind Britain, which ranked the 30th. Russia is the 57th globally. Central African Republic, Afghanistan and Somalia at the bottom of the ranking suffer the worst standards of all. Related links: Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |