In the Qashkadarya, Namangan and Samarkand regions, the authorities were the most active in procurement
for non-medical purposes (i.e. construction of municipal infrastructure); however it is in these regions that the
level of health care remains extremely low14 due to the limited capacity of medical facilities or limited access to
electricity (Graph 8).
Graph 8.
Construction of non-medical facilities in regions of Uzbekhistan
funded from the Anti-Crisis Fund (by August 2020)
Number of cotracts
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
Regions
Regional authorities
State unitary enterprises under the Ministry of Preschool Education
State unitary enterprises investing in water supply
Moreover, in 2020, doctors from Tashkent (10th Special Brigade of the Emergency Medical Centre); 15 the
Tashkent region (emergency department of the Tashkent regional medical association, nurses from the city of
Angren, who worked in the ’Urtasaray’ quarantine camp in the Urtachirchik region) and Karakalpakstan
(ambulance doctors from the city of Nukus);16 and the Namangan,17 claimed that the lack of personal protection
equipment and testing for COVID-19 resulted in an increased number of deaths among medical personnel.
Реформа здравоохранения в Узбекистане: Какая роль отведена международному сообществу? Себастьян Перуз, Программа по Центральной
Азии, IERES, Университет Джорджа Вашингтона Член Международного партнерства за права человека (МППЧ), 2020.
15 'В Ташкенте борющиеся с коронавирусом врачи «скорой» выразили недовольство действиями правительства во время пандемии', Мехрибон
Бекиева / Озодлик, 21 July 2020.
16 'Covid-19: Врачи обратились к президенту с жалобой на отсутствие защитных костюмов', Мехрибон Бекиева / Озодлик, 26 July 2020.
17 'Сообщается, что в Узбекистане от COVID-19 умерли более 500 медработников – власти не комментируют эту информацию', Барно Исакова /
Озодлик, 12 November 2020.
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