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Uzbekistan, formerly of the Soviet Bloc, sits at the cross roads of Asia and the Middle East. Scarce resources limit access to basic health care for the country's 22 million citizens. High rates of infectious diseases, such as pneumonia and bronchitis, and low birth rates, reveal major gaps in preventive and primary health care.
AmeriCares supports a broad range of health care institutions throughout Uzbekistan. Aid provided by AmeriCares reaches patients in hospitals, mother-child clinics, rehabilitation centers and orphanages, in addition to sponsorship of community-specific public health initiatives.
Recent Aid to Uzbekistan
Recent aid to Uzbekistan includes medicines and supplies for people suffering from malnutrition, pain, arthritis, fever, injuries, migraines, burns and skin ailments.
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Medical and Humanitarian Aid
AmeriCares has worked in Uzbekistan since 1997 and has delivered more than $165 million worth of medicines and medical aid.
AmeriCares work in Uzbekistan began with a partnership with the Soglum Avlod Uchun Foundation. This local group works in partnership with AmeriCares to increase access to medicine throughout the country. The Foundation, whose name translates as "For a Healthy Generation," was founded in 1993.
The Foundation operates two primary care and 15 mobile clinics throughout the country, reaching 13,000 small towns and villages. AmeriCares donations equip doctors with necessary treatments and tools that are otherwise not available due to cost and other limitations. As part of the outreach, AmeriCares supported a Health Train filled with medicines and medical supplies that reached some of the country’s most isolated communities around the shrinking Aral Sea. Without routine access to health care, some 90% of the 3,000 people who received medical exams needed treatment.
During the latest trip of the Health Train, the medical team saw nearly 100 disabled people, almost half of them young children. AmeriCares commitment to health in Uzbekistan also extends to helping the disabled gain increased mobility. Wheel chairs and walking aids were also delivered to those in need.
In addition to the issues of basic health care access, Uzbekistan faces significant challenges around heart disease and hypertension, which contributes to more than half of all deaths in Uzbekistan. In 2003, AmeriCares established the Central Asian Cardiovascular Initiative. This program promotes treatment for the most prevalent forms of heart disease, including high cholesterol and hypertension.
The initiative supplies medicine and advanced care to 450 disadvantaged patients. In addition to receiving treatment, enrolled patients are also given general examines and diagnosis by highly-trained doctors. The program actively tracks patient progress and teaches individuals how to manage their own conditions.
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