Uzbekistan Asia & Pacific
Expanding Our Impact
Uzbekistan’s health systems needed a complete transformation after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1989. The primary care sector received only 25 percent of all health care resources while the majority of resources were sent to expensive hospital care and outpatient specialists. Abt led the USAID-funded ZdravReform, ZdravPlus, Zdravplus II (1994-2009) and Quality Health Care Project (QHCP, 2010-2015), which focused on restructuring and strengthening Uzbekistan’s health systems. Through the USAID Eliminating Tuberculosis in Central Asia (ETICA) project (2019-2024) and now the TB Free Uzbekistan activity, we are improving Uzbekistan’s regional and local capacity to detect and treat TB and drug-resistant TB. In addition, through USAID’s Local Health System Sustainability Project (LHSS), Abt contributed to Uzbekistan’s COVID-19 response by procuring testing supplies, assisting with supply chain management, and assessing hospital readiness to receive USAID-donated ventilators.
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Global Health Security: 2024 Year in Review
Uzbekistan Launches New TB Funding Mechanism
Uzbekistan is moving from paying TB hospitals based on occupied beds to compensation based on the number of patients treated.
Abt Receives USAID Award to Strengthen Tuberculosis Control in Uzbekistan
The U.S. Agency for International Development awarded an Abt Global team a project to continue Abt’s work to reduce tuberculosis cases in Uzbekistan.
Digital Health Improves Odds for TB Treatment in Uzbekistan
In Uzbekistan, an Abt-managed USAID project has trained doctors to use digital health to improve follow-up treatment for TB patients.
USAID Completes Uzbekistan COVID-19 Emergency Response Activity
The Abt-led Local Health System Sustainability COVID-19 Response Activity played a key role in helping Uzbekistan combat COVID-19.
