MANILA, PHILIPPINES (25 September 2025) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has accredited a $75 million equal mortgage and a $2 million grant from the Japan Fund for Prosperous and Resilient Asia and the Pacific (JFPR) to extend the amount and enhance the standard of nurses and midwives in Turkmenistan.
The Improving Nursing Quality and Capacity Project is ADB’s first well being sector challenge within the nation. “The project aims to provide high-quality health services based on people’s needs and ensure equitable access to health care through strengthening the nursing profession and education,” stated ADB Country Director for Turkmenistan Artur Andrysiak. “This is the third ever ADB project in Turkmenistan, and it is a strong sign of strengthening our partnership, especially in the year when ADB and Turkmenistan are celebrating the 25th anniversary of that partnership.”
The Turkmenistan Government is dedicated to bettering the supply of well being companies within the nation. Efforts to additional advance the schooling and {qualifications} of the well being workforce and enhance their numbers will contribute to higher well being outcomes. Nurses must be empowered to supply the very best look after sufferers. They are a essential first level of contact at well being services for the availability of high-quality well being care and preventive care companies.
The challenge will help the design and building of a brand new and climate-resilient Ashgabat Nursing School constructing with state-of-the-art services, together with a non-public and protected mother-friendly room, dormitories, and an edible backyard to advertise wholesome diets and vitamin. The constructing will present area for interactive, hands-on and medical studying in simulation labs. New educating and medical tools will even be procured.
The challenge will even enhance the standard of nursing schooling and coaching within the nation by upskilling the educating college and senior nurses and modernizing educating strategies and curricula according to worldwide requirements. It will strengthen the position of nurses in well being service supply and enhance human useful resource administration.
Total challenge price is $98 million equal, with $23 million equal in counterpart financing from the federal government. ADB has been Turkmenistan’s long-term growth accomplice, and one of many main and trusted multilateral growth banks within the nation. ADB’s partnership with Turkmenistan helps the nation’s efforts to change into a extra sustainable, climate-resilient, and aggressive financial system.
ADB is a number one multilateral growth financial institution supporting inclusive, resilient, and sustainable development throughout Asia and the Pacific. Working with its members and companions to unravel advanced challenges collectively, ADB harnesses revolutionary monetary instruments and strategic partnerships to rework lives, construct high quality infrastructure, and safeguard our planet. Founded in 1966, ADB is owned by 69 members—50 from the area.