Efficient use of advanced medical technology

Project description

Title: Ensuring the efficient use of advanced medical technology for modern therapeutics and diagnostics in Uzbekistan
Commissioned by: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)​​​​​​​
Country: Uzbekistan
Lead executing agency: Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan​​​​​​​
Overall term: 2019 to 2024

Medical staff in protective clothing during an endoscopic surgery. Copyright: GIZ

Context

The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan aims to improve the quality of its medical services to provide better care for the population. To achieve this, it intends to ensure that pre- and in-service medical training is in line with international standards and to optimise the management and maintenance of medical technology.

Objective

Selected medical and technical services relating to the utilisation and management of advanced medical technology have been improved in Uzbekistan.

Medical staff in protective clothing holding a discussion while gathering around a surgical table. Copyright: GIZ

Approach

The project cooperates with the Uzbek Ministry of Health, building on the experiences of the predecessor project, which was implemented successfully from 2013 to 2018.

The project is active in six regions, where it is enhancing pre- and in-service medical training with respect to the use of advanced medical technology and developing health care professionals’ skills in relation to COVID-19 and pandemic prevention. The project improves the quality of public health services – in particular with more effective and safer use of minimally invasive technology and diagnostic imaging in the medical fields of surgery, gynaecology, urology, neonatology, paediatric surgery and emergency medicine. This facilitates access to modern public health services, which will particularly benefit women and children as well as the poorer sections of the population.

The close cooperation with the Uzbek Ministry of Health also includes its subordinate structures. These include teaching institutions and universities, as well as national and regional hospitals for perinatal and child health, as well as emergency medicine.

Close and successful cooperation with the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) (laboratory support and epidemiological modelling), the Technical University of Munich (TUM) (wastewater monitoring), and Charité university hospital (telemedicine) have been established.

Partnerships also exist with Dresden and Rostock university hospitals.

Last update: July 2023

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