Description/achievement of initiative
Uzbekistan commits to ensure that 96% of children aged 6-59 months receive vitamin A twice a year by up to 2015; 100% coverage of pregnant women with HIV counseling; and testing and reduction of mother-to-child HIV transmission down to less than 2%. Uzbekistan also commits to improve quality of care provided to mothers and children by training 25,000 health workers up to 2015 on evidence-based modern technologies to provide reproductive health services, emergency obstetrical care, effective prenatal care, international criteria of live birth, basic care and resuscitation of newborns, breastfeeding and rational nutrition of children, integrated management of childhood illnesses in the primary healthcare and hospitals and child growth monitoring.
Implementation methodologies
Uzbekistan will ensure modern technologies to provide health services, improve the quality of care provided to mothers and children by training 25,000 health workers.
Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer
Coordination mechanisms/governance structure
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