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TASHKENT (TCA) — In the beginning of 2019, Uzbekistan is to launch the production of ambulance cars based on France’s Peugeot Citroen technologies, the Jahon information agency reports. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The government of Urumqi, the main city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in northwestern China, financed the installation of telemedicine equipment for 15 health care organizations in Kyrgyzstan, Xinhua reported on July 14 with reference to the press service of the Kyrgyz Ministry of Health. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — On June 16, Dr. Jatinder Cheema, Regional Mission Director, U.S. Agency for International Development/Central Asia and Dr. Mirzanazim Dusmuratov, Chairman of Board of the Uzbek State Joint Stock Pharmaceutical Company, Uzpharmsanoat, participated in a signing ceremony to formalize cooperation between Uzpharmsanoat and USAID on the implementation of the “Promoting the Quality of Medicines” Project in Uzbekistan, the US Embassy in Tashkent said. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Global, Regional, and National Human Development Reports for 2016 have been presented at Nazarbayev University in Astana, bringing together the representatives of Kazakhstan’s Parliament, key ministries and departments, the academia and civil society. The reports were presented by the experts from the UN Headquarters and from the Istanbul Regional Hub of the United Nations Development Programme. In addition, Ms. Cihan Sultanoglu, the Commissioner-General for EXPO-2017, Assistant Secretary General, UNDP Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe and CIS participated in the presentation, UNDP in Kazakhstan said on June 8. Continue reading
KABUL (TCA) — The World Bank on June 1 announced the results of a review of progress achieved in the health sector in Afghanistan from 2002-2017. Conducted by World Bank experts and an independent group from the University of Toronto, the review found that many key health indicators had improved more rapidly in Afghanistan than in most other countries that had started at a similar level of development. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — The US-based Surgicorps International’s team is making its 1st surgical trip to Kazakhstan after an exploratory trip in March that confirmed significant need for Surgicorps’ services in the Central Asian country, the US Embassy in Kazakhstan said. Continue reading