Core area “Health, social protection and population dynamics” Modernising and expanding healthcare

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Mother and child ward in the hospital in Almalik, Uzbekistan

Work is underway, for example, on transforming the hospitals in the provincial capitals into modern medical centres and providing them with the necessary technical equipment. One of the long-term priorities of German development cooperation in Uzbekistan is providing advisory services and training sessions to improve maternal-child health.

Under Technical Cooperation, Uzbekistan is receiving support for redesigning the funding of its public health insurance system. This is meant to facilitate access to health services for disadvantaged population groups in particular. Basic medical education is being reformed in order to enhance the skills and technical abilities of staff. In addition, further training programmes for the proper use of modern medical technology are being updated and aligned with international standards in cooperation with German university hospitals. A medical training centre is to be set up with German support in the region bordering with Afghanistan. The centre will also be open to Afghans.

Further important priorities are increasing the use of digital technology in healthcare, reducing the incidence of tuberculosis, and strengthening pandemic prevention and control.

At the government negotiations in 2024, the German Development Ministry (BMZ) pledged furthermore to support the implementation of reforms to the social protection system in future too. Key projects in this regard are the introduction of a framework law on social protection (legislation for sick leave, maternity leave and unemployment) and the founding of the national agency for social protection. The BMZ is supporting the agency in building a national social protection system with a special focus on vulnerable groups.