Ensuring the right of people for universal health coverage, including SRHR in the Aral Sea region
Commitment description:The well-being of people and the prosperity of the country depend on the uniform development of the country, and in this context, Uzbekistan has to deal with the consequences of the Aral Sea crisis, one of the largest environmental catastrophes in the human history. The drying of the fourth largest inland lake in the world - the Aral Sea set off large-scale human, environmental, socio-economic and demographic crisis, which continues to intensify.
Uzbekistan is investing and will continue efforts, including within the framework of the Multi-Partner Trust Fund for Human Security for the Aral Sea region, in addressing environmental, health, social and economic challenges people of the region face every day.
Mode of engagement:
- Budgetary and financialThe Aral sea crisis is one of the largest environmental catastrophes in human history which negatively impacted the lives and health of people. The Government commits to ensure that well-being of the people of the region.
Uphold the right to sexual and reproductive health care in humanitarian and fragile contexts(12) Ensuring that the basic humanitarian needs and rights of affected populations, especially that of girls and women, are addressed as critical components of responses to humanitarian and environmental crises, as well as fragile and post-crisis reconstruction contexts, through the provision of access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health information, education and services, including access to safe abortion services to the full extent of the law, and post-abortion care, to significantly reduce maternal mortality and morbidity, sexual and gender-based violence and unplanned pregnancies under these conditions.
