YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 13, NOYAN TAPAN. The successful completion of the USAID-financed Project NOVA was marked on November 12. Thanks to the project launched in 2004, the quality of obstetrical services has been improved in Armenia in the past 5 years, with the main emphasis on safe reproduction in rural areas and higher quality of and access to maternal and child healthcare services. "In the fields related to the project, patients' satisfaction at the level of services has risen, and there has also been a decline in the number of complications among women and infants during childbirth and in the postnatal period in Armenia. The project contributed to a growth in the number of births and also to a decline in the number of women applying for an abortion," Director of Project NOVA Inna Sacci said. RA Deputy Minister of Healthcare Tatul Hakobian thanked the organizers of the project, noting that it has enabled to deal with the problems at community health centers. He expressed a hope that new projects will be implemented in the healthcare sector, ensuring positive results and notable achievements.

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