The energy crisis is Tajikistan is so severe that newly born children die in maternity hospitals because of electricity cut-offs. It is unbelievable but even hospitals are put on schedule of electricity cut-offs. It will be hard to find out who is responsible for the recent deaths of children in the hospitals - doctors […]

Here is the translation of the post that I’ve placed on Tajik-Russian blog. All the sources are in Russian
Recently I’ve heard a story about one guy, who was put in jail for drug-smuggling, and after a year he died of tuberculosis. He was not even thirty years old and he had a little kid. […]

On the Russian-language Tajik blog Rahmon reported on HIV/AIDS problem in Tajikistan. He says that previously the organizations that were dealing with this problem did not show the true picture but to his surprise recently, when he was collecting an information for his article in one of the local journals these organization were very […]

The problem of HIV/AIDS has been a relatively new one in Tajikistan. Closed borders have kept the country and its people isolated from HIV/AIDS during soviet rule. Such isolation has been a blessing, but it became a curse in recent years since it led to a knowledge vacuum that took its toll on the […]

Tajikistan made the front page of the Wall Street Journal today (January 18th issue - subscription required) in an article on the increased poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, and the corresponding increased drug traffic in Tajikistan.
Tajikistan stands as a stark example of how quickly and deeply this drug can wound a society. The northern […]

It’s been a while since the last entry, so here is an update about what has been going on in Tajikistan in the last week or so.
Uzbekistan has jacked up gas prices for Tajikistan:
As of 1 January, Uzbekistan is charging Tajikistan $55 per 1,000 cubic meters of gas, compared to $42 last year. […]

The World Bank just put out a very interesting and detailed atlas containing all sorts of demographic, health, education, economic information about Tajikistan by geographic region, in the form of a rather large PDF file.
This report will answer, in detail, questions like:

What are the poorest areas in Tajikistan?
Where would be the best place to […]

As of now, HIV/AIDS is virtually nonexistent in Tajikistan. The World Health Organization and UNAIDS reported under 400 cases at the end of 2003. However, given the amount of intravenous drug use in the region, the US State Department describes Tajikistan as “fertile ground” for an outbreak, and an increased number of […]