Paediatric care in hospitals in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan: impact of a quality improvement initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adequate quality of paediatric care remains one of the key factors for reducing child mortality and improving child health in Central Asia. We aimed to assess the quality of paediatric care in hospitals in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan before and after a two-year intervention. We implemented a multifaceted approach to improve healthcare quality, focussing on case management, hospital policies, and service organisation.

Methods

We assessed the quality of care in nine hospitals in Kyrgyzstan and ten hospitals in Tajikistan, using a World Health Organization paediatric hospital care assessment tool. The assessment considered three main pillars of care: hospital support services, case management, and policies and organisation of services. We collected the data through dir

SUBMITTER: Babayeva B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12548769 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature