The visit was organized within UNDP pilot project “Use of ICT for Medical Diagnosis of Poor Rural People in Remote Areas” (the telemedicine project). The objective of the project is to build and maintain the capacity of a group of trainers on diagnostics and research activities and to improve access to qualified medical services for population in two selected regions, with special attention to women and children and those, who can not afford or have limited access to health care services in the field of pathologoanatomy, particularly the poor and the disabled.

During the visit, the experts from Uzbekistan visited Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Russian Oncological Research Center, Russian Medial Science Academy, Hematologic Scientific Center and other medical establishments.

The exchange visit provided the opportunity to learn the experience of leading technical and medical institutions of Russia in use of telemedicine system in pathology service (histological, hematological and cytological diagnostics) and the development of electronic database and atlas of blood elements, macro- and micro-preparations. The most important part of visit was learning the programmes of automated analysis of micro-preparations, characteristics of macro-objects, comparative cariosities morphology, which serves for pathological diagnostics of different types of tumors.

Malika Abdullakhojaeva, director of the Republican Pathology Center of Uzbekistan, said: “The visit provided good networking opportunities on biopsy diagnostics through telemedicine system with Russian Oncology Research Center (RORC). At RORC we were able to learn advanced methods of histological diagnostics of tumors (immune-histochemical researches), received more information about new classifications, methods of differential diagnostics of tumors.”

The practical training organized by the department of medical IT system at Moscow Engineering Physics Institute helped to improve knowledge on automated system of microanalysis, technology of designing of computer medical systems, methods and means of telemedicine and others. The department provided methodological and training materials. Upon arrival to Tashkent the Uzbek experts organized training for the medical staff of the Republican Pathology Center and shared the experience and lessons learned.