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Uzbekistan

Improving medical facilities and practices in Uzbekistan

Map of UzebekistanFollowing independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the Uzbek government maintained a Soviet-style economy with subsidies and tight control on production and prices. The country has encountered numerous challenges since independence, including the disruption of foreign trade, declining output and inflation, loss of the labor force and the reduced funding.

To learn more, watch The Forgotten Children.

Our work

We have a field office in the capital city of Tashkent. This office is carrying out a nationally-recognized Emergency Medical Services (EMS) training and dispatch project. To learn more, read the PQMD case study.

We are also operating an ER facility in Tashkent and a community-based rehabilitation project that benefits 3,000 disabled children.

Since 2001, more than 70 volunteer teams have delivered medical, dental, physical rehabilitation and EMS training services to the Uzbek people. We've also sent 50 containers of medical supplies and equipment to under-stocked hospitals and clinics.

Learn all about our community work in Uzbekistan in the Community Health Care Aid Program brochure.

This year, Medical Teams International has planned the following projects:

  • Operate a community-based rehabilitation center for disabled children
  • Deliver EMS training and develop a dispatch system
  • Complete the development of an Intensive Care Unit and trauma room at the Tashkent Pediatric Medical Institute and the National Emergency Hospital
  • Provide rehabilitation services at an orphanage with the support of volunteer teams
  • Send volunteer teams to Uzbekistan to provide EMS training, physical rehabilitation and medical training
  • Ship two containers of humanitarian aid
  • Provide medical training, support and assistance in Ferghana Valley. This is the area which has been affected the most by the ethnic conflict.

In-country office

Medical Teams International's domestic office in Tashkent, Uzbekistan has been accredited with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan since March 2002. It is also registered with the Ministry of Justice since March 2004. Since Medical Teams International - Uzbekistan's establishment, we have worked in productive cooperation with ministries and institutions in Uzbekistan.

Please donate or volunteer to help save lives in Uzbekistan.