United Nations Office for Project Services
The United Nations Office for Project Services helps governments and other partners implement development, humanitarian and peace-related projects. Its health work supports infrastructure, procurement and the practical capacity needed to deliver public health services.
Organization profile
- Organization type
- Global health organization
- Headquarters / base
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Geographic scope
- Global
Medical focus
Activities
Population served
Identity and geographic reach
UNOPS became a separate, self-financing entity within the United Nations system on 1 January 1995. Its predecessor office had formed part of the United Nations Development Programme. This is an institutional origin, rather than a claim that UNOPS remains a department of UNDP.
Its headquarters are in Copenhagen, Denmark. Projects and regional operations extend across Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East. The headquarters location is distinct from the communities and health systems supported by individual projects.
Practical support for health systems
UNOPS assesses, plans, builds and rehabilitates health facilities, including hospitals, health centres and laboratories. Supporting infrastructure can include energy, water and waste-management systems. It also procures medical equipment and supplies, advises on procurement processes, and provides fund management and capacity-building services for health programmes.
These activities strengthen the institutions and facilities through which healthcare is delivered. They do not make UNOPS the clinical operator of every facility it helps build or equip.
Sources: [3].
Oncology modernization in Uzbekistan
A UNOPS update dated 29 October 2026 describes an ongoing project with Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Health, financed by the Islamic Development Bank. It combines hospital equipment, workforce training, cancer information systems and expansion of early-detection programmes for breast and cervical cancers. The reported capacity increases are project expectations, not completed outcomes.
A retained historical UN Global Mobility Programme member list also names UNOPS; it does not confirm current membership.