Oral Ataniyazova ( Karakalpak: ''Атаниязова Орал'') is a Karakalpak obstetrician and medical scientist from

Karakalpakstan Karakalpakstan, officially the Republic of Karakalpakstan, is an autonomous republic and part of Uzbekistan. It spans the northwestern portion of Uzbekistan. Its capital is Nukus (' / ). Karakalpakstan has an area of , and has a population of a ...

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. She is the director of ''Perzent'', the Karakalpak Center for Reproductive Health and Environment.

Biography

Oral Ataniyazova was awarded the

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in 2000. A year later, she became the rector of Nokis branch of Tashkent Pediatric Medical Institute. 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

in 2009. 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 Nokis. After completing her PhD in medical sciences in

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, 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

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and/or

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. This has been attributed to the ecological disaster around the Aral Sea, which is located in Karakalpakstan. In response to these findings, Ataniyazova founded the Karakalpak Center for Reproductive Health and Environment, named ''Perzent'', which means progeny in the

Karakalpak language Karakalpak () is a Turkic language spoken by Karakalpaks in Karakalpakstan. It is divided into two dialects, Northeastern Karakalpak and Southwestern Karakalpak. It developed alongside Nogai and neighbouring Kazakh languages, being markedly inf ...

. The center is located in the Nokis government hospital. It provides education to the local population about a wide range of issues, from family health to clean water and food. 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

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References

External links

Oral Ataniyazova featuring in the documentary film

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