Improving Access to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Leads to Healthier Communities in Tajikistan
Now thousands of students, faculty, and health care clients are seeing the benefits.
Khosiyatkhon Komilova
Former communications specialist, IntraHealth International
Khosiyatkhon Komilova was a communications specialist for IntraHealth International in Tajikistan. She's a well known independent journalist in Tajikistan, with more than 14 years of experience working with Central Asian broadcasting, social media, newspapers, and media agencies. She's also a script writer and filmmaker, and she teaches eco-journalism. In the future she would like to be an agronomy-engineer to contribute to ensuring food security in Tajikistan and feeding the country's future generation with healthy food.
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Community Health Workers Are Tackling Malnourishment in Remote Tajikistan
Health fairs and community health volunteers work together to help women and children access health services.
The Right Training and Equipment Save Tajik Triplets' Lives
Meet the first surviving triplets in the history of this region of Tajikistan.
For Women and Children in Rural Tajikistan, Health Volunteers Are a Crucial Link to Care
They're perfectly positioned to help find the families most in need.
School Gardens and Peer Educators Improve Nutrition in Rural Tajikistan
These students are learning about soil management, crop rotation, safe drinking water, and much more.
Now, Safer Deliveries for Women in Tajikistan
In just a year, home births in Bokhtar District have been cut in half.