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Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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(TIPEMS). Since 2001, he has been the chief specialist of STI and Der-

matology of the Ministry of Health of the Republic.

Kasymov is a member of the Academic and Drafting Councils of

TIPEMS, the Dissertation Council of SMUT, the Council of the Internal

Diseases Experts, and he is on the Examination Board of the Ministry of

Health of the Republic. He is the Vice-President of the Scientific Society

of STIs and Dermatology specialists.

Kasymov's contributions include The Efficiency of Consecutive (hos-

pital–sanatorium–health-center) Treatment of Psoriasis, Moscow, 1983;

Perfection of Therapy of Pyodermatitis in Conditions of a Hot Subtropi-

cal Climate, Dushanbe, 1995; Prevalence and Features of Clinical Oc-

currence of Allergic Dermatosis at Different Heights of Tajikistan,

Dushanbe, 1995; Neurodermatitis of Affected Adults at Different Heights

of Tajikistan, Saint Petersburg, 1996; and Dermatovenerology  (Derma-

tology and the science of venereal diseases), Dushanbe, 1999.

Kasymov is also the co-author of an Aga Khan Fund Project aimed at

making medical workers more informed about AIDS and STIs; com-

posed of a UNAIDS Project aimed at the mass media to cover AIDS,

STIs and drug addiction problems; and the author of an UNDP Project

called “Increasing awareness of girls from risk groups on consequences

of HIV and STDs in Tajikistan.”