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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.”
Keldiev, Gulnazar
Tajik poet Gulnazar Keldiev, also referred to as Gulnazar, was born
into a farming family in the village of Dardar in the district of Falghar
in Zarafshan province on September 20, 1945. He received his early
education in the New-Method schools of the region.
Keldiev graduated from Tajikistan State University with a degree in
Tajiki language and literature in 1966. Between 1966 and 1973, he was
the Editor of Komsomoli Tojikiston. In 1973, he took charge of the
monthly Sadoi Sharq. In 1986, he became the Director of the Poetry
Division of the Union of Writers of Tajikistan and, in 1991, he took
over the editorship of Adabiyot va San'at. At the present, he is the Chief
Editor of Vahdat.
Kaliev's first poem appeared in 1963. His poetry spans both tradi-
tional and new poetic genres. His contributions include "Rasmi Sarbozi"
("Military Custom," 1969), "Dastarkhon" ("Display," 1972), "Nar-
dabon" ("Ladder," 1975), "Aghba" ("The Aghba Pass," 1979), "Pahno"

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