Oral Ataniyazova

Oral Ataniyazova (Russian: Орал Атаниязова) is an obstetrician and medical scientist from Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan. She is the director of Perzent, the Karakalpak Center for Reproductive Health and Environment. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2000.[1] A year later, she became the rector of Tashkent Pediatric Medical Institute's Nukas Branch. The institute trains students in the field of environmental medicine, focusing on the human health nourishment that environmental pollution has caused. Moreover, Ataniyazova won a seat in the local Parliament of Republic Karakalpakstan in 2009.[2] In a discussion about the impact The Goldman Prize has had on her career, she said that "These achievements helped me to be more helpful to my community and develop international collaboration to improve the environmental situation in my country.” She currently lives in Nukus, Uzbekistan.

Oral Ataniyazova
Oral Ataniyazova during an interview in 2000
NationalityKarakalpak
OccupationObstetrician and medical scientist
AwardsGoldman Environmental Prize (2000)

After completing her PhD in medical sciences in Moscow, Ataniyazova conducted a survey in 1992 of 5,000 reproductive-age women in Karakalpakstan. The results were shocking, with over 90% of all women surveyed having some form of complication during pregnancy and/or childbirth. [3] This has been attributed to the ecological disaster around the Aral Sea, which Karakalpakstan borders.[3][4] In response to these findings, Ataniyazova founded the Karakalpak Center for Reproductive Health and Environment, named Perzent, which means progeny in the Karakalpak language. The center is located in the Nukus government hospital. It provides education to the local population about a wide range of issues, from family health to clean water and food.[1]

Ataniyazova works to promote awareness of the problems around the Aral Sea. Using her expertise in reproductive health, she has been the keynote speaker for many world conferences, and has addressed the United Nations.[1]

References
  1. "Oral Ataniyazova". goldmanprize.org. Archived from the original on 16 May 2006.
  2. "Oral Ataniyazova". Goldman Environmental Foundation. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  3. "Ask us, involve us - Oral A. Ataniyazova". unep.org. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012.
  4. "Perzent--Karakalpak Center for Reproductive Health and Environment". civilsoc.org. Civil Society International. Archived from the original on 10 May 2009.


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