Abstract
The Korea-Uzbekistan Friendship Hospital of Korean Medicine has been providing care and education of Korean medicine in Uzbekistan since 1997, while overseas expansion of Korean medicine is expanding each year. The status of these activities is investigated to suggest methods of development of Korean medicine in Uzbekistan. The hospital treats about 15000 people in Uzbekistan for free every year. Among patients visiting the hospital, the distribution of female, age 50s to 70s is most common, Uzbek, Russian, and Korean are common ethnicities, musculoskeletal disease, neurologic disease and gastrointestinal disease are common ailments. In addition, the hospital has educated students of Tashkent Medical Academy and doctors belonging to the Department of Acupuncturists of Korean Oriental Medicine of the Uzbekistan Medical Association. Korean medical care, education and research in the field of systematic support on a long-term roadmap should be continued for developing Korean medicine on Uzbekistan.