BACKGROUND Little is known about the prevalence of tobacco use in Uzbekistan, a country targeted intensively by the international tobacco industry. METHODS A national household survey elicited information about cigarette smoking and nasway use (a form of smokeless tobacco). RESULTS Prevalence of past-month smoking and nasway use among men (N=1795) was 19.6% and 22.3%, respectively, and 1.6%...

The genus Platypalpus Macquart is studied from Uzbekistan for the first time. Thirteen species are described as new for science: Platypalpus amankutanensis sp. nov., P. chimganensis sp. nov., P. commutatoides sp. nov., P. penesmirnovi sp. nov., P. sagma sp. nov., P. samarkandensis sp. nov., P. spatenkai sp. nov., P. subinfectus sp. nov., P. sublutescens sp. nov., P. tumidiarista sp. nov., P. uz...

This paper discusses how the Internet can facilitate cultural expression that resists the homogenizing effects of globalization. It examines how local cultures adapt their linguistic behavior and language choices to the Internet and express themselves in culturally meaningful ways without being subsumed by a global agenda. The research reported in this paper is based on a survey administered in...

The tuberculosis (TB) control strategy in the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, is being changed to decentralised out-patient care for most TB patients by the Government of Uzbekistan, in collaboration with the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières. Ambulatory treatment of both drug-susceptible and drug-resistant TB from the first day of treatment has be...

The material on registration of malformation has been studied in Bukhara region for 2010. Out of 159 infants, born with different intrauterine anomalies the 16.35% (26) were found with the cleft lip and palate in different variants. After the complex examination by specialists (surgeon, pediatrician, orthopedist, otolaryngologist, psychoneurologist) operative treatment was conducted depending o...

Country Highlights give an overview of the health and health-related situation in a given country and compare, where possible, its position in relation with other countries in the region. The Highlights have been developed in collaboration with Member States for operational purposes and do not constitute a formal statistical publication. They are based on information provided by Member States a...

This paper focuses on inequality in living standards across oblasts and regions within Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Regional inequality is an important area of research and policy development. Inequality in income and consumption are logical outcomes in a market-based economic system. If inequality within countries exists because of barriers to compe...

Atrophic gastritis is understood as a progressive inflammatory process of the gastric mucosa, characterized by loss glands. Helicobacter pylori infection (HP) and autoimmune are recognized most common etiological factors causing atrophic gastritis. The results retrospective analysis prevalence chronic associated with H. in patients non-cardiac cancer Bukhara city were described. In addition, an...