Armenia
Rural maternity wards in Armenia to be closed
Several maternity wards in different villages and cities across Armenia have stopped receiving state funding from the Ministry of Health as of this month. The decision to stop financing these maternity wards was based on a set of criteria developed by the Ministry of Health at the end of 2018 after extensive evaluation and research was conducted by an independent group of experts on the overall state of health clinics and centers across the country. Criteria included sanitary standards,
