Accelerating Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Uzbekistan : A Proposal for a National Health System Strategy 2030

Overview & Synopsis

The government of Uzbekistan engaged the World Bank and partners to support the development of a National Health System Strategy for Uzbekistan. This document presents a series of interconnected outputs from this process, namely: (i) the Background Papers, eight of which focus on a single component of Uzbekistan’s health system (setting out for each a situation analysis from a universal health coverage perspective, and specific reforms for addressing these), while a ninth paper outlines the intended health system strengthening impacts of the proposed reforms at the primary health care level in a representative district; (ii) the Concept, in which the results of the component-specific situation analyses are brought together to define key cross-cutting challenges, and a cohesive program of reforms to address these is outlined; and the Consolidated Roadmap, in which four priority areas are defined, the proposed reforms about each are outlined, and an indicative schedule of core deliverables and deadlines are presented. Taken as a whole, the report provides a detailed account of how the World Bank, in collaboration with its national and international partners, approached the support to the government of Uzbekistan in the formulation of the National Health System Strategy.