Turkmenistan: Improving Nursing Quality and Capacity Project
The proposed project impact is aligned with the Government's national Strategic Action Plan for HRH to provide effective health care focused on the needs of the population and ensuring equitable access to health services, and thereby assist the Government to achieve SDG3 (ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages) by 2030. The Action Plan is comprehensive, addressing HRH planning, deployment, management and monitoring and research. Under the leadership of MOHMI and MOE, the project aims to help build up capacity in a phased manner by first upgrading the Ashgabat medical school to college as a center of excellence and leading nursing institution in the country, and to develop and strengthen the national nursing program, with as outcome quality and supply of nurse workforce improved. The project has 3 outputs.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Ramesh, Kirthi
Central and West Asia Department
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Country/Economy
Turkmenistan -
Sector
- Health
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| Project Name | Improving Nursing Quality and Capacity Project | ||||
| Project Number | 54032-001 | ||||
| Country / Economy | Turkmenistan |
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| Project Status | Proposed | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Loan |
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| Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth Regional integration |
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| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development Knowledge solutions Partnerships |
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Education / Technical and vocational education and training Health / Health sector development and reform |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Gender equity | ||||
| Description | The proposed project impact is aligned with the Government's national Strategic Action Plan for HRH to provide effective health care focused on the needs of the population and ensuring equitable access to health services, and thereby assist the Government to achieve SDG3 (ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages) by 2030. The Action Plan is comprehensive, addressing HRH planning, deployment, management and monitoring and research. Under the leadership of MOHMI and MOE, the project aims to help build up capacity in a phased manner by first upgrading the Ashgabat medical school to college as a center of excellence and leading nursing institution in the country, and to develop and strengthen the national nursing program, with as outcome quality and supply of nurse workforce improved. The project has 3 outputs. | ||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The Government of Turkmenistan has invited the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support the health sector in the context of the Government's commitment to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. After a fast but less inclusive socioeconomic development, the country is facing an economic slowdown with fiscal constraints with likely impact on poverty and social development. This is aggravated by the recent COVID-19 Pandemic causing further economic hardships, including loss of employment and remittances from abroad.
At the time of independence as a former state of the former Soviet Union (FSU) in 1991, the Government inherited a large health work force and network of health facilities, an accumulation of the Semashko model, and the subsequent development of a hospital-based system dominated by specialists. The system was characterized by high hospital admission rates and long hospital stays, which was further reinforced by the high cost recovery for outpatient care. In response to an increasing burden of NCDs linked to population aging and changing life style and nutrition, the Government has initiated the State Health Program, a multi-sectoral approach to improve the well-being of its citizens, emphasizing health promotion with public education, sports promotion, nutrition improvement and family health. The central pillars for the State Health Program are upgrading of physical infrastructure, prevention and control of communicable diseases, awareness raising for disease prevention, expanding health insurance, and upgrading human resources for health (HRH). ADB conducted a health sector assessment in Turkmenistan in 2019, and found the most pressing challenge to be improving the poor quality of care of health services. |
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| Impact | To provide effective healthcare focused on the needs of the population and ensuring equitable access to health services | ||||
| Outcome | Quality and supply of nurses improved | ||||
| Outputs | Modern nursing educational institution established | ||||
| Geographical Location | Nation-wide | ||||
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| Environment | B |
| Involuntary Resettlement | B |
| Indigenous Peoples | C |
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| Responsible ADB Officer | Ramesh, Kirthi |
| Responsible ADB Department | Central and West Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | CWSS |
| Executing Agencies |
Ministry of Health and Medical Industry 20, Archabil Shayoly Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 09 Dec 2020 |
| Fact Finding | 22 Aug 2022 to 22 Aug 2022 |
| MRM | 22 Nov 2022 |
| Approval | - |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 09 Dec 2020 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Improving Nursing Quality and Capacity Project: Initial Poverty and Social Analysis | Initial Poverty and Social Analysis | Dec 2020 |
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