The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has delivered a batch of medicines for the treatment of chronic respiratory diseases to Turkmenistan.
The batch included Beclomethasone dipropionate, Budesonide, Ipratropium Bromide and Salbutamol inhalers, the UNDP Turkmenistan announced on Monday.
The delivery of the medicines was organized through the joint project of the UNDP Turkmenistan and the Ministry of Healthcare and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan signed in December 2020 aiming to provide assistance to the Ministry to control the noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in the country.
The project with a budget of $32.8 million is fully funded by the Government of Turkmenistan and provides support for supply of vital medical products for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, oncological, endocrine, neurological and chronic respiratory diseases.