KfW to provide 9 million euros to improve health system in Uzbekistan

The KfW Development Bank will provide Uzbekistan with no-string funds worth 9 million euros as part of the implementation of the third phase of the Healthcare Program.

The agreement was signed on 14 March by the Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Investments, the Executive Director of the Fund for Reconstruction and Development of Uzbekistan Shukhrat Vafayev, the head of the Asian Health Department of KfW Bank Amelie D’Souza and the project manager Andrea Greikar.

According to the State Committee for Investments of Uzbekistan, the funds will be used to support the operation and maintenance of medical equipment, as well as to finance the introduction of new methods of medical care, clinical guidelines, standards for reliable and environmentally safe disposal of medical waste.

The funds will also be used to implement the project to modernize the regional level multidisciplinary medical centers.

Original source: UzDaily
Published on 15 March 2018