Uzbekistan Country Gender Assessment: Update

ADB Interventions

during the past years, when the state’s attention was devoted to improving reproductive health indicators, adB funded the Mother and Child Health development project (completed in 2012), which resulted in considerable progress: maternal mortality decreased (23.1 per 100,000 live births in 2011 vs. 18.9 in 2015²⁰⁵ and 17.4 in 2016). the mortality rate for children younger than 5 years is also decreasing (15.1 per thousand in 2015 vs.10.7 per thousand in 2016).²⁰⁶

In 2017, adB began collaborating with the government in the framework of the primary Health Care Improvement project, which supports health service optimization, improves and expands primary health care services in rural areas. New rural family polyclinics will have modern diagnostic equipment, accompanied by capacity building for rural health workers.

5. recommendations

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     Support continuous monitoring of health care–associated costs and efforts to achieve universal health coverage within health-related projects and programs.
     
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     Upgrade further projects in the health sector to eGM category, accompanied by Gap, as a part of the loan agreement and allocate necessary resources for implementation.
     
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     Support capacity building on the use of medical innovations, including a Health Management Information System within the primary Health Care Improvement project, with a 50% quota for female technical and professional staff.
     

8. Education

   1. Context

the Constitution of Uzbekistan guarantees that: “[everyone shall have the right to education. the state shall guarantee free secondary education. Schooling shall be under state supervision.”²⁰⁷

the educational system in Uzbekistan begins with pres-chool and includes mandatory primary, secondary general, and secondary special education. the tertiary level includes educational institutions that implement academic and professional programs in compliance with government standards, irrespective of departmental subordination and forms of ownership.

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