UNFPA Executive Director made a visit to the recently opened Maternal and Child Hospital in Ashgabat, where the representatives of the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan and hospital specialists gave a tour of the facilities and provided services. As a result of the UNFPA and Government collaboration, in the recent years the quality of family planning and neonatal services has been improved in the process of standardization of clinical practice, and the Government continues increasing the investments in mother and child health issues.
