Uzbekistan and the US Balancing American Involvement In Uzbekistan

Higher Education in Uzbekistan

After independence in 1991, Uzbekistan became the master of its own way of economic and social development and had the task to construct a democratic state and open civil society, a socially-oriented market economy. All this entailed a radical reform of the education system in Uzbekistan. Education had to be reoriented towards meeting the common national interest and ensuring competitiveness in...

Uzbekistan HiT Summary

After the break-up of the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan experienced a period of severe recession and the economy is only slowly recovering. In 2006, the country recorded a gross domestic product (GDP) per capita of $ 2247 (measured in current international $ in purchasing power parity, PPP), which compared to $ 1511 in 1991. Using a poverty headcount of PPP US $ 2 per day, 2% of the population were ...

Uzbekistan: who's in charge now?

Highlights on Health in Uzbekistan

Country Highlights give an overview of the health and health-related situation in a given country and compare, where possible, its position in relation with other countries in the region. The Highlights have been developed in collaboration with Member States for operational purposes and do not constitute a formal statistical publication. They are based on information provided by Member States a...

Social correlates of female infertility in Uzbekistan.

The purpose of this matched case-control study was to investigate the social correlates of primary infertility among females aged 35 years or less. The study was conducted in the Clinics of Samarkand Medical Institute, Uzbekistan, among 120 infertile and 120 healthy women matched by age, residential area, and occupation from January to June 2009. Data were collected by face-to-face interviews u...