Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- From 1 December 2020, according to the resolution of the President of 12 November 2020, the State Health Insurance Fund will be formed in Uzbekistan. 

Its main tasks are:

- implementation and management of the state health insurance system, as well as ensuring interdepartmental cooperation in the implementation of a unified state policy in this area;

- introduction of a system of strategic procurement of medical services to provide all segments of the population with high-quality and necessary medical care within the guaranteed package;

- organization of accumulation, management, targeted and effective spending of funds allocated from the state budget to finance the guaranteed package within the framework of the pilot project;

- implementation of the necessary measures for the phased introduction of the state health insurance system in other regions of the republic - based on the results of a pilot project in Syrdarya region.