WHO Experts Conduct Mission to Strengthen Uzbekistan’s Healthcare Workforce System

The mission aimed to assess the sources and users of healthcare human resources (HRH) data, develop a strategy for system integration, and draft a plan for implementing a national workforce registry.

During the visit, the experts met with representatives from the Ministry of Health and its affiliated institutions, the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction, the State Health Insurance Fund of Fergana Region, the Project Office "Center for Health Projects," the Single Integrator UZINFOCOM, and several key medical facilities.

The team also visited UZINFOCOM’s office to explore ongoing e-health initiatives and held discussions with specialists from hrm.argos.uz — a modern digital platform for human resource management at both the national and local levels. This platform is designed to replace paper-based processes with an efficient and transparent electronic system for managing public sector personnel records.

Throughout the discussions, the experts emphasized the need to establish a unified human resources system to ensure that accurate, up-to-date information about medical staff is readily available to all relevant stakeholders and across all levels of the healthcare system.

 

Additionally, at a joint meeting between the Ministry of Health and the WHO Country Office in Uzbekistan, the parties reviewed the country’s progress in digitizing medical reporting. It was noted that the DMED information system’s data format has been fully aligned with international DHIS2 standards. This achievement has increased transparency in data analysis and dramatically reduced reporting timelines — from three weeks to just three days.
Uzbekistan’s advancements in digital healthcare are being positioned as a model for Central Asia.