The problem of glaucoma in the Tajikistan ophthalmic care system: formation, development and perspectives

Abstract

The article recaps the aspects of the formation, development and reform of the ophthalmological service of the Republic of Tajikistan, highlights the main stages of its development, which include: the emergence and establishment of the service, years of active struggle with trachoma, systematization and profiling of the ophthalmological institutions of the country, the beginning of the microsurgical era in ophthalmology. After the “second birth of the ophthalmologic service” in the post-conflict period, its development during the period of the state independence of Tajikistan required colossal work to restructure and re-equip all parts of the service, to actively work on staff training, taking into account the need for high-tech medical care. In 2011, a new, sixth stage of development began — the “century of high technologies in medicine”, including the application of innovative approaches to the detection and treatment of eye diseases, as well as the introduction of modern technologies and medicines. Thus, along with the traditions established over the past years, the accumulated experience in the treatment and diagnosis of the most complex diseases in ophthalmology, and the inclusion of new developing measures allow us to hope that the new model of patient care will improve the performance of visual functions and reduce still high disability rates of visual impairment in the country.