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Front cover: "Four Seasons" by Omar Eldarov (1973) and now located in the National Art Gallery in Baku. The sculptor has chose four women to represent the human life cycle from youth to old age. A major feature about Eldarov was published in Spring 1994. Design: Maziar Mahjoobi.

Back cover: Outside evil forces threated the cohesiveness and existence of the family. Artist: Elchin Mammadov, courtesy of the International Committee of the Red Cross on their 1995 calendar.

The Soviet Union had a centralized medical system. But what happens when funds no longer exist to support hospitals and medical personnel. This issue examines how Azerbaijanis are coping with medical issues related to infectious diseases, thalassemia, maternity hospitals, and more.

Find out how Azerbaijanis view the "C-word" (cancer) and about an ancient oil, "Naftalan," that has been used for treating skin and internal ailments for centuries.

2 Reader's Forum

4 Editorial: Health and Medical Care

8 Baku Diary: Best Cure: Healthy Relationships - Susan Cornnell

12 Medicine in Azerbaijan: Historical Overview - Nicki Efendiyev

16 Telemedicine - Betty Blair

18 Iridology: Medical Diagnosis Via the Eye - Chelsea Summers

20 Geopolitically Speaking: Interview Zbigniew Brzezinski - Betty Blair

26 SOCAR Section

From SOCAR's Perspective - Natig Aliyev

AIOC: Challenges of the Present; Promises of the Future - Terry Adams

Developments with AIOC: Pipeline Decision - Einar Bergh

Gunashli for a Sunnier Future - Mike Sparks

Azerbaijani Student Honored

Azerbaijan-Norway Friendship Society

Statoil's "Jubilee Fund" to Azeri Orphans

New Oil Industry Dictionary Published

42 Doing Business in Azerbaijan: Most Frequently Asked Questions - Alum Bati

43 How to Treat the Common Cold-Azeri Style - Chris Cannon

44 Path from Totalitarianism to Democracy - Fuad Nasirov

46 Baku's Metro Accident - Elizabeth Atwell and Pirouz Khanlou

48 Diplomatic: American Embassy, Richard Kauzlarich - Betty Blair

51 Empty Maternity Hospitals - Tamilla Dilbazi

54 Crisis of Beta Thalassemia - Azer Karimov & Chingiz Asadov

The Thalaassemic Child - A Mother's Dilemma - Dr. Aida Hasanova

59 Dr. Spock of Baku: Yevsey Guindes - Fuad Akhundov

60 Legendary Healer: M. Topchibashev - Gahraman Gahramanov

62 Health Challenges During Transition: WHO - V. Verbitski

64 ICRCs New Orthopedic Center

65 Return of Infectious Disease - Irada Yusifli

66 Azerbaijan Medical University - Ahliman Amiraslanov

68 Infants at Risk, Society at Risk: UNICEF - R. Laurenti

70 Naftalan: Oil that Heals - D. Huseinov & A. Rustamov

72 Dreaded "C-Word": Cancer - Jamil Aliyev

74 Rashid Behbudov: Songs that Never Die - T. Guliyev (Azeri 78)

76 Music: "Sana da Qalmaz": Lyrics-Razul Reza; Music-Tofig Guliyev

80 UNHCR's Sheep Project - Kaiser Zaman

83 Dumping on the Unlegislated: Cigarette Ads - T. Gasimova

84 International Relations

85 Beijing Conference - Elmira Suleymanova

86 Mohammad Ali Farzaneh - Ali Azeri

91 Baku State University - Murtuz Alasgarov

94 Business & Opportunities

From Azerbaijan International (3.4) Winter 1995.
© Azerbaijan International 1995. All rights reserved.

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