Health and sustainable development: achieving Sustainable Development Goal 3 on health and well-being and other health related SDG targets in Turkmenistan. Progress report (2020)

This is the first report to assess progress in the health and health-related targets in the Sustainable Development Goals in Turkmenistan. It describes the current health status of the population based on quantitative and qualitative assessments using trends and forecasts from official national data and international resources.

Based on this assessment, recommendations are made in priority areas of national health development, including a national approach to universal health coverage and fiscal expansion for sustainable health financing, with investment and action in other sectors impacting health.

Improved access to quality health services should be supported by strengthened primary health care and development of the health workforce. Communities and civil society should receive support for addressing the determinants of health, using human rights-based and gender-sensitive approaches. Innovative programming should include responses to disease outbreaks, and research and development should foster initiatives in data collection and digital health.

The report provides a basis for implementation of the Global Action Plan for Health and Well-being for All and strengthened cooperation between the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry and health development partners.