The project is health-related bilateral technical cooperation between Germany and Kyrgyzstan. GIZ brings a systemic and multi-level approach to policy advice and capacity building, with a focus on developing models for broader health system reforms. In line with ‘Healthy Person – Prosperous Country,’ the project aims to improve the quality of integrated care services for pregnant women and newborns in five regions of Kyrgyzstan.
To achieve this goal, GIZ works closely with partner institutions at the national level, including the Ministry of Health, the Mandatory Health Insurance Fund and the E-Health Center, and at the regional level in Bishkek, Chuy, Issyk-Kul, Naryn and Osh. Together, nearly 500 people are involved in implementing project measures which build the expertise of health workers, improve the quality of perinatal care services, and strengthen referral pathways and approaches to patient-centred care for pregnant women and newborns.
This technical cooperation project is one module in a larger German-supported health sector programme in Kyrgyzstan which also includes financial cooperation measures implemented by the KfW Development Bank