Uzbekistan: Health Status Country Profile, 2012  Uploading date: March 06, 2012  Last update on April 17, 2012

Uzbekistan Health Profile -2002 lecture - http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/ns0141/index.htm

Uzbekistan i/ʊzˌbɛkɨˈstɑːn/, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbek: O�zbekiston Respublikasi or Ўзбекистон Республикаси) is the only doubly landlocked country in Central Asia.

Uzbekistan was incorporated into the Russian Empire in the 19th century, and in 1924 became a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, known as the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Uzbek SSR). It has been an independent republic since August 31st, 1991 (officially, from the September the 1st, 1991).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzbekistan

*Undergraduate Student , University of Pittsburgh

** Thanks to Aygul Madrahimova,  students of Tashkent Medical Academy and staff of Women's Wellness Center for reviewing lecture and valuable comments