DUSHANBE (TCA) — To raise public awareness of tuberculosis (TB) and its impact on public health, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through its TB Control Program with its partners in Tajikistan — the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population, the National Tuberculosis Program, and the Republican Center for Healthy Lifestyles — recognized World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, the US Embassy in Dushanbe reported on April 17.

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ALMATY (TCA) — A European delegation has met with inmates in Kazakhstan whom rights activists consider political prisoners in the tightly controlled Central Asian country, RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reported.

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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The Presidents of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are expected to meet on 24 April. However, it is not clear yet where the meeting is scheduled to be held, independent foreign-based news website Chronicles of Turkmenistan reports citing its sources.

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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s National Geographic Society, QazaqGeography, will organize a research expedition to the North and South Aral Sea area in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan from 10 to 30 May 2018, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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ASTANA (TCA) — A Research Scholar of History, Philosophy and Religious Studies Department at Kazakhstan’s Nazarbayev University, Ulan Bigozhin, told about the work on the creation of an electronic atlas of the country’s sacred heritage at a press conference on April 16, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.

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