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BISHKEK (TCA) — The U.S. government, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), has allocated over one billion Kyrgyz som to support healthy nutrition for children — the future of Kyrgyzstan — in schools and kindergartens throughout the country. The key objective of this program is to improve nutrition and literacy and primary education in the country, the U.S. Embassy in Bishkek said on February 5. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Staff from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on January 26 joined United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Deputy Country Director Mariko Kawabata in a visit to Balkhi district in Khatlon province to review the progress of the recently launched project for the prevention and treatment of moderate acute malnutrition in Tajikistan. The group visited a project-supported rural health center and spoke with healthcare professionals and patients receiving support, the US Embassy in Dushanbe reported. Continue reading
KABUL (TCA) — The British Embassy in Afghanistan, in collaboration with the Independent Directorate of Local Governance and the Aga Khan Foundation, has launched a $6.7 million project ACCESS aimed at improving the delivery of services to Afghan citizens, TOLOnews reports. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has announced the formal completion of a landmark agreement to improve kidney dialysis services in Kyrgyzstan. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Ministry of Health of Kyrgyzstan and USAID’s Challenge TB project have started to enroll patients with drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis (TB) in new, more effective and shorter treatments nationwide. The new treatments are cheaper with fewer side effects than the previously-used standard treatment, the US Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic reported. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — USAID/Central Asia Tajikistan Country Director Katherine Crawford, Deputy Speaker of Tajikistan’s Parliament Khayriniso Yusufi, and First Deputy Minister of Health and Social Protection of Population Saida Umarzoda last week gathered government officials, donor representatives, and other key stakeholders at a ceremony to celebrate and close the three-year project, Tajikistan Technical Support to Reduce Micronutrient Deficiencies. This project has been funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), the US Embassy in Dushanbe said. Continue reading
