  Infant mortality reduced by 25-30% in Armenia January 12, 2011 - 14:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian and head of BirthLink NGO Kathy Mellor, along with a group of Armenian neonatologists, visited the maternity hospital of Martuni, the Company’s press office reported. More than 1,600 babies are born at Martuni maternity hospital annually. To provide the babies with proper neonatal care, the medical personnel were forced to take them to the capital, due to the absence of the relevant equipment on the spot. The problem is now solved. In the framework of cooperation between VivaCell-MTS and BirthLink NGO, the hospital has been equipped with radiant warmers, reanimators, heated mattresses for cots, oxygen monitors, and infusion pumps, as well as oxygen and emergency supplies for transferring babies. “The program was launched in Yerevan 4 years ago. The launch of the second regional phase was crucial for us. We were in Gyumri at the end of the last year. Now we are here,” Mr. Yirikian said. VivaCell-MTS has invested AMD144 million in the 11 hospitals of Yerevan. In total, AMD 274 million was contributed in Yerevan and provinces. Specialists say infant mortality has been reduced by 25-30 percent in Armenia. Close to 550,000 women die in pregnancy and childbirth every year across the globe – a rate of about one woman every minute – along with nearly 4 million infants who die within a month of birth.   Top stories 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. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18.   Partner news |  Latest news Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |
