Health systems in transition : Uzbekistan

Major health policy documents
• 
Law on state sanitary control
, 3 July 1992, No. 657-XII 
• 
Law on protection of population health
, 29 August 1996, No. 265-I
• 
Law on HIV/AIDS prevention
, 19 August 1999, No. 816-I 
• 
Law on protection of the population from tuberculosis infection
, 11 May 2001, No. 215-II 
• 
Law on donation of blood and its components
, 30 August 2002, No. 402-II 
• 
Law on prevention of iodine deficiency
, 3 May 2007, No. 97 
• 
Law on restrictions on sale and consumption of alcohol and tobacco
, 5 October 2011, No. 302 
• 
Law on prevention of micronutrient deficiency
, 7 June 2010, No. 251 
• 
Ratification of Framework Convention for Tobacco Control, August 2012

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Health systems in transition
  
Uzbekistan
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The reforms initiated in the second half of the 1990s and the first half of 
the 2000s were described in depth in the previous edition of this health system 
review (Ahmedov et al., 2007). The 1998 
Presidential Decree
 on the state 
programme for the reform of the health care system laid out a master plan 
for future reforms of the health sector. The 
Decree
 identified priority areas 
and plans for the years 1998–2005, including primary health care reform, 
reforms of emergency care and medical education, and the development of the 
private sector. The 2003 
Presidential Decree
 on further reforms of the health 
care sector initiated a pilot on reforming tertiary care research institutions, 
creating specialized centres and clinics equipped with modern technologies 
for diagnostics and treatment.