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Kyrgyz MVD, Red Cross discuss jail health care

By Asker Sultanov

BISHKEK -- Kyrgyz Interior Minister Kashkar Junushaliyev and Kyrgyz Red Cross mission chief Stephane Jacquier August 2 in Bishkek conferred on ways to provide health care to Kyrgyz jail inmates, the Interior Ministry (MVD) press office said in a statement.

Since 2014, the MVD and Red Cross have been implementing a pilot programme to provide health care in five jails throughout the country. The work includes buying mattresses and medicines. The Red Cross has spent more than 8m KGS (US $116,770) on the programme.

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