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Uzbekistan, Rep. of LOAN: UZB 36509-01

Woman and Child Health Development
Missions
Loan Approval Date
Estimated Completion Date
Cost and Financing Plan
Description
Development Objectives
Thematic Classification
Target Classification
Rationale
Objectives and Scope
Policy Dialogue
Environment Category
Env't Impact and Mitigation
Social Aspects and Remedies
Benefits and Beneficiaries
Public Consultation
Beneficiary Participation in Formulation
Beneficiary Participation in Implementation
Consulting Services
Procurement
Contacts
Remarks
Location
Sector
Health, Nutrition, & Social Protection /Health Systems
Initial Listing
7 November 2002
Most Recent Update
9 August 2007
Executing Agency(ies)
  • Ministry of Health

  • Missions

    TA Fact-Finding Loan Fact-Finding Pre-Appraisal Appraisal
    21 Nov-3 Dec 2002 12-23 Feb 2004
    23 Jun-9 Jul 2004
    Loan Approval Date
    23 September 2004
    Estimated Completion Date
    December 2009
    Cost and Financing Plan (in US$ million)

    Source Foreign Cost Local Cost Total
    Bank 40.00 0.00 40.00
    Cofinancing 0.00 0.00 0.00
    Borrower 0.00 30.00 30.00
    Beneficiaries 0.00 0.00 0.00
    Others 0.00 0.00 0.00
    Project/Program Cost 40.00 30.00 70.00

      OCR ADF Total
    Loan Amount 40.00 0.00 40.00

    Description
    The Project will support the Ministry of Health (MOH) to (i) implement the reform agenda for integrating primary health care into the medical care system; (ii) update woman and child (WCH) related policies to international standards, and consolidate and strengthen referrals for woman and child health services; (iii) optimize human resource development , and build the institutional capacity for retraining doctors and nurses; (iv) improve capacity for preventing blood-borne infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS by strengthening the nationwide blood safety program; and (v) support reform efforts in health care finance, and build capacity to manage these reforms for an efficient health system.
    Thematic Classification
    Human Development / Gender and Development
    Target Classification
    Targeted Intervention
    Rationale

    Objectives and Scope
    The Project has an overall goal to help the Government achieve the Millenium Development Goals by reducing maternal and child mortality, and morbidity, by focusing especially on the rural poor, and on the vulnerable population. In order to achieve this, the Project aims to have two broad objectives: (i) to improve the equity in access to quality and cost-effective services for woman and child health, and; (ii) improve the efficiency of health care delivery system. The Project comprised four components: (i) strengthening decentralized woman and child health services; (ii) strengthening finance, information, and management; (iii) building a blood safety program, and (iv) improving project management.

    Policy Dialogue

    Environment Category: B

    Environment Impact and Mitigation

    Social Aspects and Remedies

    Benefits and Beneficiaries

    Public Consultation
    1. Arranged by
    2. Date for Consultation :
    3. Groups Consulted :

    Beneficiary Participation in Formulation

    Beneficiary Participation in Implementation

    Consulting Services
    MOH will recruit international and domestic consultants. Recruitment of consultants will follow ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants and other arrangements acceptable to ADB for domestic consultants. ADB's Quality-and-Cost Based Selection method will apply for consulting firms. 25 international consultants (138 person-months) and 39 domestic consultants (921 person-months) will be recruited and will provide services in (i) medical education, (ii) nursing and midwifery education, (iii) hospital management, (iv) health systems organizational restructuring, (v) medical equipment, (vi) laboratory, (vii) blood safety, (viii) health information system, (ix) finance, (x) project implementation, and (xi) other disciplines.

    Procurement
    Goods and services will be procured in accordance with ADB's Guidelines for Procurement. Civil works will be contracted by local governments. Equipment and supplies will be procured on the basis of international competitive bidding, international shopping, local competitive bidding, or direct purchase.

    Contacts
    Bank
    Karima S. Saleh
    Senior Health Economist
    SESS
    Tel. No.: (632) 632-6892
    E-mail: ksaleh@adb.org

    Executing Agency
    Ministry of Health
    Contact Person : Mr. Asamitdin Kamilov, Deputy Minister
    Tel. No. : (998-712) 411651 or (998-712) 411813
    Fax. No. : (998-712) 1441033
    E-mail :
    Contact Person :
    Tel. No. :
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    Remarks

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