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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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.
Abt Team to Help Build Central Asia's Capacity to Address TB
Reducing Uzbekistan’s Tuberculosis (TB) Burden
Uzbekistan has made great strides in tuberculosis (TB) control. However, the TB burden remains high, and Uzbekistan is in the top 30 countries with cases of multidrug-resistant TB. Across USAID’s reach, cure, prevent, innovate, and sustain strategic…
Eliminating Tuberculosis (TB) in Central Asia
Central Asia is a hotspot for DR-TB. TB services are outdated, unsustainable and expensive, and increasing financial pressure on governments means money to improve services is limited. TB has a large social impact on individuals as high levels of stigma…
Improving the Quality of Health Services in Central Asia
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