ilker dastan

Health Policy Advisor @WHO #Tajikistan | Professor of Health Economics | PhD in Economics @RutgersU | BA Economics @BilkentUniv

[ilker dastan @idastan]

#Tajikistan delegation in #Vilnius for a technical study visit on strategic purchasing, #PHC financing, and digital health.

Discussions with #Lithuania’s health and finance authorities offer practical lessons for PHC reforms under Millati Solim, including #Sughd and #Dushanbe.

[ilker dastan @idastan]

Tajikistan held a table-top simulation exercise on diphtheria preparedness under the Millati Solim project.

Focus: IHR reporting, specimen referral, lab confirmation, IPC, and protection of health workers.

Preparedness means testing systems before emergencies happen.

[ilker dastan @idastan]

Congratulations to #Tajikistan’s National Reference Laboratory on its designation as a #WHO Collaborating Centre on Laboratory Quality Management. 🎉
Laboratory quality means safer care, earlier detection, stronger outbreak preparedness, AMR monitoring, and greater public trust.

[Hans Kluge @hans_kluge]

In my meeting with 🇹🇯 Health Minister Jamoliddin Abdullozoda, I congratulated Tajikistan on the designation of its first WHO Collaborating Centre - also the first in Central Asia - for laboratory quality management.

On the margins of the 9th Meeting of SCO Health Ministers in Bishkek 🇰🇬, we discussed how to build on this progress through continued cooperation – in scaling up health financing reform, strengthening laboratories and surveillance, and advancing tuberculosis work, alongside efforts to eliminate hepatitis and syphilis.

I appreciated Minister Abdullozoda’s strong support for @WHO and his readiness to continue our close partnership.

@TajikistanUN | @TajikistanPRUN

[ilker dastan @idastan]

I joined the launch of European Immunization Week 2026 in #Tajikistan.
“For every generation, vaccines work” is exactly the right message. With strong coverage, trusted communication, and continued action to close immunity gaps, we can keep every child and community protected.

[ilker dastan @idastan]

Yesterday, we coorganized #Tajikistan’s #WorldTBDay event with partners, civil society, artists, and the TB community.

This year’s message is clear: Yes! We can end TB. Led by countries, powered by people. TB is preventable and curable, but 10.7M people still fell ill in 2024.

[ilker dastan @idastan]

Met with Tajikistan’s Health Analysis Group to support its next phase of institutional development.

The goal is not just a new unit, but a stronger analytical backbone for policy, monitoring, reform tracking, and evidence-informed decision-making across the health sector.

[ilker dastan @idastan]

On #WorldHealthDay, I joined the Ministry of Health of Tajikistan at the launch of Health and Human Rights Week.

This year’s message, “Together for health. Stand with science.”, is timely: stronger health systems depend on prevention, access, trust, and science in action.

[ilker dastan @idastan]

A very important new publication on Tajikistan’s health system is now out.

Health System Summary 2025 highlights both reform progress & persistent challenges, especially financial protection and high OOPs. Glad to have contributed to this joint effort. https://t.co/7BOiXON8eb

[ilker dastan @idastan]

New WHO publication on Tajikistan’s PHC financing.
The message is clear: stronger PHC needs better financing, clearer entitlements, strategic purchasing, and more public investment. The Sughd pilot now gives these reforms a real implementation pathway. https://t.co/cQCOzI4rL7

[ilker dastan @idastan]

Presented Health & Well-being priority for Tajikistan’s new UN Cooperation Framework 2027–2030.
Focus: quality & affordable health care, social protection, food security, emergency preparedness, digitalization as an enabler.
Nationally grounded. Equity-centered. System-focused.

[ilker dastan @idastan]

New study: 22 years of health spending in Tajikistan (2000–2022).

Progress toward UHC, but persistent high out-of-pocket payments and structural financing gaps remain. Measuring health expenditure is essential for accountable reform.

Read more:
https://t.co/4ldKC4Tbxz

[ilker dastan @idastan]

From policy to practice 🇹🇯

Urban & rural PHC visits in Türkiye showcased budgeting, contracting & digital systems in action. By coincidence, the urban center visited was my own family medicine clinic. Valuable lessons for Tajikistan’s PHC reforms under Millati Solim #WHO #PHC

[ilker dastan @idastan]

Tajikistan delegation at Türkiye’s SGK 🇹🇯

Discussions on unifying insurance schemes, pooling & purchasing, digital reimbursement systems, and sustainability of social protection. Key lessons for ongoing health insurance reforms under the #WB Millati Solim Project. #WHO

[ilker dastan @idastan]

WHO-organized, WB-financed 🇹🇯

High-level Tajikistan delegation in Türkiye under the Millati Solim Project, exchanging experience on strategic purchasing, PHC financing, and digital health with Turkish MoF and MoH counterparts to support UHC reforms.

[ilker dastan @idastan]

WHO revisited hospitals in Tajikistan years after a quality initiative.

Findings:
57% avoidable pediatric hospitalizations
95% antibiotic use
Weak PHC–hospital referral links

Quality needs system reform, not one-off projects.
https://t.co/wCuNupg464

[ilker dastan @idastan]

Nurse Nargis has served her rural community in Tajikistan for 30 years. PHC reforms supported by WHO and the UHC Partnership mean better pay, facilities, and respect for health workers. Strong systems help them stay where patients need them most.
#UHC #PHC #UHCP #Tajikistan #WHO

[ilker dastan @idastan]

New video: How the Sughd PHC financing pilot is improving access, autonomy and financial protection for communities — a key step toward UHC in Tajikistan.
Watch: https://t.co/hzCQSEFy71
#UHC #UHCDay #SughdPilot #PHC

[ilker dastan @idastan]

On UHC Day, we mark 1 year of the Sughd PHC financing pilot — improving equity, autonomy, access and financial protection. A symbolic puzzle moment with MOH, MOF, Sughd Admin, EU and WHO showed how shared leadership drives UHC forward.
#UHCDay #UHC #PHC #SughdPilot