(i) Public Immunoprophylaxis Act of 17 June 2000.

National programmes have been adopted on immunoprophylaxis, tuberculosis control, AIDS prevention, malaria prevention, family planning and reproductive health.

The adoption of the law on "Immunoprophylaxis of infectious diseases" provided the legal basis for reducing the number of infectious diseases (controllable infections) which currently pose a serious threat to the nation's health.

(c) Reduction in the incidence of infectious disease through immunoprophylaxis (hence the number of diphtheria cases has fallen by 39.7 per cent since 1997, measles by 40 per cent, and whooping cough by 24.1 per cent);

Tajikistan has adopted a long-term programme of immunoprophylaxis, whose aim is to reduce the level of morbidity and mortality caused by diseases that can be prevented by immunization.

Systematic and other preventive examinations of children, school students, full-time university students, women in connection with pregnancy and other adults in line with the programme, except for examinations provided by employers on the basis of the law; Early discovery and prevention of diseases; Treatment and rehabilitation of children, school students and full-time university students, and children with physical and mental developmental impairment; Health protection of women in connection with family planning, pregnancy and childbirth; Prevention, discovery and treatment of HIV infection and contagious diseases as provided for by law; Compulsory vaccination, immunoprophylaxis and chemoprophylaxis according to the programme; Treatment of and rehabilitation for malignant diseases, muscular and neuromuscular diseases, paraplegia, tetraplegia, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, haemophilia, mental illness, advanced forms of diabetes, multiple sclerosis and psoriasis; Treatment of and rehabilitation for occupational diseases and injuries at work; Health protection in connection with donating and exchanging tissue and organs for transplants to other persons, urgent medical attention and emergency ambulance services; Home care visits, treatment and care in the home and in social protection institutes; Prescription medication in compliance with the categorization of medications, orthopaedic and other aids in connection with treatment under the above indents;