Health and Education trends in Uzbekistan (April)

〔The trend in healthcare〕

1. Uzbekistan has increased the daily production of masks to 2.6 million. The number of manufacturers per month increased by 9 times

- In Uzbekistan, in March, the number of manufacturers of medical masks increased by 9.3 times and reached 195. As a result, the daily output of these products was able to reach 2 million 640 thousand units

- Currently, measures are being taken to increase the production of masks up to 5 million per day.

2. In Uzbekistan, they will begin to produce mechanical ventilation devices together with Chirana Asia

- As the head of the department of the Ministry of Innovative Development noted, the production of ventilators will begin in May of this year. Completion is planned until September this year, when the plant will be commissioned.

- At the first stage of production localization, foreign partners plan to make investments in the amount of $ 3 million; at the second stage, it is planned to invest up to $ 5-6 million. It is planned to sell products in Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan.

3. IDB allocated $ 17 million to equip new clinics in Uzbekistan

- Video talks were held between the Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan - Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Sardor Umurzakov and IDB President Bandar Hajar

- The Islamic Development Bank allocated $ 17 million to purchase medical equipment for new clinics struggling with corona virus in Uzbekistan and additional support - to redirect the bank’s saved funds in the amount of $ 46 million for infrastructure projects to equip new clinics for patients infected with corona virus.

4. Uzbekistan Temir Yollari JSC takes part in the construction of a virological hospital

- The Tashkent region, on a territory with a total area of 130 hectares, is in full swing building work on the construction of a specialized medical complex, which includes two virological hospitals. One of them, designed for 5,000 thousand places, is being built by the forces of Uzbekistan Temir Yollari JSC. Currently, the construction of the first 1000 beds has been completed by 75%. This was reported by the information and analytical media center.

5. A pharmaceutical cluster “Tashkent Pharma Park” is being built in the Zangiata district

- On April 17, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, via video conferencing, launched the construction of the Tashkent Pharma Park Innovative Research and Production Pharmaceutical Cluster in the Zangiata district of Tashkent region.

- It is planned to create the only modern pharmaceutical cluster in the region and it will consist of an industrial park and an industrial zone. The industrial zone will house the production facilities of leading pharmaceutical companies.

6. In Uzbekistan, an online clinic was launched in test mode

- On the initiative of the Ministry of Health, together with AskDoctor, a single integrator of Uzinfocom, a project for the electronic clinic “Ask a Doctor” was created. In order to use this service, you need to go to the site and register, enter contact details and confirm the phone number. Next, choose a doctor in the direction and method of communication: chat, audio or video session.

〔Trend in education〕

1. MDO provides free access to the online course “Become a schoolboy with Roboborik!”.

- This is a training course for preparing children from 6-7 years old for school and each topic includes no more than 12 tasks, their implementation takes 15-20 minutes.

2. In order to improve the system of advanced training of health workers, providing training in this area for comprehensively developed personnel, the Presidential Decree "On measures to introduce a completely new training system and continuous professional development of personnel in the field of health care" was adopted.

- In accordance with the decree, 47 medical colleges will be transformed from the academic year 2020/2021 into the Abu Ali Ibn Sino Public Health Technical Schools and the share of non-core subjects in curricula is halved

3. The first private entrepreneurial university opens in Tashkent

- By the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 241 of April 18, a new private university, TEAM University, was established in Tashkent. The learning process at the university is organized in English, Uzbek and other languages, educational activities begin from the 2020/2021 academic year.

4. Pupils will continue classes in television lessons until the end of the school year

- Pupils will continue classes on television lessons until the summer holidays. The 2019-2020 academic year in secondary schools will be completed remotely.

Such a decision was made by the Special Republican Commission, the press service of the Ministry of Education said. The rest of the school curriculum will be held remotely by children as part of the television project Online-maktab (“Online School”).

5. Law faculties will open in Samarkand, Namangan and Termez state universities

- Law faculties will be opened in Samarkand, Namangan and Termez state universities. This is provided for by the presidential decree "On additional measures to radically improve legal education and science in the Republic of Uzbekistan."

- Also on this decree, the Institute of State and Law of the Academy of Sciences is created in the country, carrying out fundamental and applied research in the field of state, law and political and legal thought.

The above information was obtained through local media, and the content of the information may differ from the actual one.

Source: Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Republic of Uzbekistan