Azerbaijan Country Fact Sheet 2019
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Country Fact Sheet Azerbaijan 2019 Insert Photo here Credit: IOM/Azerbaijan, 2019 Disclaimer Funded by: IOM has carried out the gathering of information with great care. IOM provides information at its best knowledge and in all conscience. Nevertheless, IOM cannot assume to be held accountable for the correctness of the information provided. Furthermore, IOM shall not be liable for any conclusions made or any results, which are drawn from the information provided by IOM. I. CHECKLIST FOR VOLUNTARY RETURN 1. Before the return 2. After the return II. HEALTH CARE 1. General information 2. Medical treatment and medication III. LABOUR MARKET AND EMPLOYMENT 1. General information 2. Ways/assistance to find employment 3. Unemployment assistance 4. Further education and training IV. HOUSING 1. General Information 2. Ways/assistance to find accommodation 3. Social grants for housing V. SOCIAL WELFARE 1. General Information 2. Pension system VI. EDUCATION SYSTEM 1. General Information 2. Cost, loans and stipends 3. Approval and verification of foreign diplomas VII. CONCRETE SUPPORT FOR RETURNEES 1. The privileges of IDPs VIII. CONTACT INFORMATION AND USEFUL LINKS 1. International, Non-Governmental, Humanitarian Organizations 2. Relevant local authorities 3. Services assisting with the search for jobs, housing, etc. 4. Medical Facilities 5. Other Contacts For further information please visit the information portal on voluntary return and reintegration ReturningfromGermany: 2 https://www.returningfromgermany.de/en/countries/azerbaijan I. Checklist for Voluntary Return Before the Return After the Return The returnee should The returnee should ✓ bring diplomas/ certificates and other ✓ apply for documents at the State Agency for relevant official documents obtained from Public Service and Social Innovations under schools in Germany. the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (ASAN) (http://www.asan.gov.az/), ✓ obtain apostille (legalization) from the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan for the ✓ if you travel with a re-entry certificate (i.e. birth certificate/s of newborn children. laissez-passer) and your national ID or passport is expired. Otherwise, there is no ✓ receive information concerning the arrival at mandatory registration upon arrival. the airport and the onward journey. There is a direct express minibus route number 116 ✓ re-check the registration in a public hospital operating from the airport to Baku city near to the residing area. center. Service runs every 30 minutes starting from early in the morning until late at night. ✓ targeted social assistance is provided by the The bus leaves outside the airport building, government to low-income families, if across the parking area. The service applicable. terminates at Samed Vurgun Park on the 28th May Street. The journey from the city center ✓ approach the State Employment Service to the airport takes approximately 30-40 min. under the Ministry of Labor and Social The journey from the city center to the Protection of Population for the possible airport by car takes approximately 30 min-40 employment purpose. min. Taxis in Baku are the purple London cabs. To use the service of “London” taxis, it ✓ contact the services assisting with the search is enough to call Baku Taxi Company short for jobs and housing. code *9000. Other convenient twenty-four- hour taxi services are provided by “Motor ✓ apply for childcare, schools or other Service” Company (99412) 189, “Salamtaksi” educational institutions. *9933 which receives the orders by calls 24/7. ✓ take vaccinations certificate/s from clinics/ hospitals that will be necessary when returning to the country of origin for the (re-)registration in public hospitals, especially for children. ✓ find a temporary accommodation. 3 II. Health Care (1/2) 1. General Information • to request not to reveal information Mandatory Health Insurance: constituting a doctor-patient confidentiality The State Agency on Mandatory Health under the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan Insurance implements the mandatory health on “Protection of Population Health"; insurance through accumulating revenues to finance medical services within benefit package • to claim compensation from healthcare and acting as purchaser of these services. provider or medical territorial unit for the Mandatory health insurance (MHI) has been damage caused by healthcare provider or implemented as a pilot scheme in Mingachevir, medical territorial unit; Yevlakh, and Aghash providing 1829 medical services within a benefit package. • to apply to the State Agency on Mandatory The list of medical services included in the Health Insurance or to the court for the benefit package and their prices were approved protection of the legitimate rights and by the Decree of the President of the Republic interests regarding to the mandatory health of Azerbaijan No.1181 by December 28, 2016. insurance; The total number of medical services covered by the benefit package of MHI, which are • to receive information about insurance applicable in the administrative areas of premiums paid for the insured persons; Mingachevir city, Yevlakh and Aghdash districts, is 1829: Primary healthcare – 18, First aid and • to request from the State Agency on emergency medical care – 6, Outpatient service Mandatory Health Insurance for an – 480, Inpatient services – 677, Laboratory explanation of the rights and responsibilities services – 459, Physiotherapy services – 23, Vital about the mandatory health insurance; and important expensive medical services – 166. • to require insurer (employer) to cover them under mandatory health insurance as well as Rights and responsibilities of the insured make payment of insurance premiums on person: time and in full. • In the event of an occurrence, to receive health care services included in the benefit Duties of the insured person: package in accordance with procedure • If necessary, inform the health care provider specified by Law of the Republic of or medical territorial unit about the state of Azerbaijan "On Medical Insurance"; their health; • to choose a healthcare provider or medical • To present an identity card while approaching territorial unit that has a contract with the to healthcare provider or medical territorial State Agency on Mandatory Health Insurance unit. for financing of health care services; For more information related to the Mandatory • to request from the health care provider the Health Insurance, please call to (+994 12) 310 submission of credible information about the 07 70 and/or visit the following web-page: type, period, volume, quality and conditions www.its.gov.az of the health care services delivered by the healthcare provider or medical territorial unit; 4 II. Health Care (2/2) Benefits: • International SOS Clinic, Yusif Safarov Street According to the Law of the Republic of 1, Khatai District, Tel: 4934089, 4937354, Azerbaijan “On Public Health Care” (or Code (050) 212 69 21, Fax: 4939644, Website: on the Protection of Public Health) No. 360-IQ www.internationalsos.com by June 26, 1997, the medical services should be free of charge at state-owned hospitals and care • Turk-American Medical Center, Mardanov units. In Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Health Gardashlari str. 41/47, Tel: (012) 4973784, (MoH) is responsible for the healthcare system. (012) 4970364, (012) 4986766, (050) 2224459, Email: [email protected], Website: Most medical facilities, which include public www.tamc.az hospitals, as well as pediatric and adult polyclinics, are state-owned and services are • Leyla Shikhlinskaya Clinics, Yusif Safarov str. free of charge. Polyclinics offer outpatient 19, Tel: 4901858, 4902131, Fax: 4986414, services only, while hospitals and specialized Website: www.lsh-clinic.com clinics offer both outpatient and inpatient services. Private medical establishments are • MediClub, Uzeir Hajibayov str. 45, Tel: (012) growing very rapidly; while they are licensed by 4970911, (012) 4970912, Fax: 4987096, the Ministry of Health, they are otherwise Website: http://www.mediclub.az/ independent. Procedure of admission: Some medical treatments, for example oncology, There is no special unit available that returnees can be obtained at state hospitals only. should approach for further referral. First, they Reproductive health and maternity services are need to visit a nearby hospital/clinic according offered at women's consultation centers. to their place of residence. 2. Medical treatment and medication Availability and costs of medications: A manual on essential drug use has been Medical facilities and doctors: published and distributed by the MoH. Drugs • Specialized Republican Hospitals: Central are purchased and distributed to hospitals by Hospital, Centre of Orthopaedics and the Pharmaceutical Department of the MoH. Prosthetic, Centre for Neuro-Surgery, Drugs are free-of-charge for inpatient Ophthalmology Hospital, Psychiatric Hospital, treatments. Patients are charged for the drugs Tuberculosis Hospital, Urology Hospital, for outpatient treatments, except for cancer Children's Clinical Hospital, Centre for and some psychiatric illnesses. Drugs are Oncology. relatively expensive. Most drugs are available, but some may not be found in Azerbaijan. In • Private Hospitals and Clinics: some cases, the names may be different from Central Clinical Hospital, Parliament avenue those in the EU. Pharmacies are usually private. 76, Tel: 4923131, 4971111, Website: List of medicines provided based on free www.mkx.mednet.az medicines recipes, available at: http://sehiyye.gov.az/imtiyazli-derman-