Health System Improvement Project

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The overall development objectives of the Health System Improvement Project are to improve access to quality health care at the primary level and at Rayon Medial Unions (RMUs); and strengthen the Government's public health response to the rise in Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). There are four components to the project. The first component of the project is improving health service delivery. This component consists of three sub-components as: 1) hospital services improvement; 2) primary health care development; and 3) clinical quality enhancement. The second component of the project is strengthening health financing and management reforms. This component aims at consolidating and institutionalizing per capita based primary health care financing and management reforms; and strengthening the role of Ministry of Health (MOH) in health financing policy formulation and monitoring and local capacity building. The third component of the project is institutional strengthening for NCD prevention and control. This component aims to strengthen the capacity of Uzbekistan's public health institutions in effective prevention and control of non communicable diseases. This component consists of three sub-components as: health promotion and NCD prevention, and strengthening health surveillance systems. The fourth component of the project is project management. This component will strengthen the capacity of MOH.