Deputy director of Republic Hygiene and Epidemiology Center Vagif Abdullayev said epidemiological stability regarding malaria has been recently achieved in the country thanks to the large-scale measures.
According to him, prophylactic measures against infectious diseases were continued. Vaccination plan was fulfilled 95-99%, as a result of it manageable diseases were reduced. No cases of measles, diphtheria were recorded in 2013, cases of epidemic parotitis dropped by 40% compared to 2012, whooping cough and tetanus occurred sporadically.