Health facilities managers are responsible for management and coordination in health facilities; ultimately, they ensure quality health services to people. Unfortunately, the health system of the country lacks skilled managers. To improve this situation, the Ministry of Health designed the Vision on the Health Management System together with the Swiss Embassy.

Main implementing partners of this vision are the Association of Health Managers and the Center for Health System Development and Medical Technologies. They established the Health Managers Forum for a better exchange of experience among peers in applying new approaches in health management. The Swiss Health Management Strengthening Project is providing technical and financial support for all these initiatives.

“The National Forum is an important new platform for discussing health management problems and for developing joint solutions”, said Toktobai Maanayev, Chairperson of the Association of Health Managers’ Board. “This forum became the next step towards improving the health management system. The competence and professionalism of managers is the most important condition to improve medical care”.

“It is a first time that health facility managers across Kyrgyzstan gather together as members of the Association of Health Managers. I am very excited to be part of the Association and participate in its work that can boost the health reform process in the country”, said Talantbek Arstankulov, Director of the Osh oblast clinical hospital.

“For my personal experience of working in a hospital at the start of my career, I have experienced first-hand that health managers are critical to the success. I am very proud that Switzerland can support the Ministry of Health and leaders of hospitals and clinics in this”, said Ambassador Olivier Bangerter.

The National forum for health facility managers is planned to be held regularly.

Mr. Cassis wrote that “Sharing a voting group in the Bretton Woods Institutions is a key element of our partnership and Switzerland values the long-standing relations between our two countries.”

He also underlined the continued commitment of Switzerland to cooperation with the Kyrgyz Republic, as outlined by the new Cooperation Programme 2022-2025, which aims at addressing together the challenges of providing high-quality basic public services, ensuring sustainable management of water resources, as well as promoting inclusive and sustainable economic development. “It will benefit both our countries,” the Swiss President H.E. Mr. Ignazio Cassis said in his congratulatory message.

H.E. Mr. Ignazio Cassis highlighted Switzerland’s commitment to further develop the relations and wished H.E. Mr. Sadyr Japarov and the citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic a peaceful and prosperous future.

30 years ago, on 14 February, 1992, Switzerland and Kyrgyzstan established diplomatic relations and since then the two countries cultivate good relations and reliable partnership. 

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1992 - Establishment of diplomatic relations

1994 - Signing of cooperation agreement

1996 - Opening of the Swiss Cooperation Office in Kyrgyzstan

2012 - Opening of the Swiss Embassy in Kyrgyzstan

The Government of Switzerland provides assistance for the development of the Kyrgyz Republic to improve the well-being of the population. Over the last 25 years Switzerland has granted more than CHF 450 million to Kyrgyzstan in the form of technical, financial and humanitarian support.