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Uzbekistan
NOTE: As of March 2, 2008, assistance for Uzbekistan
has moved to the newly created Asia Bureau.
Uzbekistan in Action
 Improved Water Management to Increase Crop Productivity
An irrigation system renovated with USAID support will increase farmland productivity by 15 percent and reduce water consumption by 25 percent at the Kanal Suv Yuli water users association in Djizzak Province... Read More ...
Related Items: Uzbekistan, Infrastructure
 Targeted Outreach Designed to Decrease HIV/AIDS, Drug Use
Over 8,000 commercial sex workers in Tashkent City have received HIV prevention services from the USAID Drug Demand Reduction Project (DDRP) over the past 18 months... Read More ...
Related Items: Uzbekistan, Health
 Uzbek Nurses Receive Materials to Improve Tuberculosis (TB) Education
The USAID TB control program, implemented by Project HOPE, together with the Republican Institute of Health distributed 10,000 brochures “Think about TB” in Uzbek and Russian languages among patronage Uzbekistan’s nurses... Read More ...
Related Items: Uzbekistan, Health
 Uzbek Farmers Learn New Water Management Techniques
Recently, farmers from various water user associations in Bukhara and Samarkand regions spent three weeks learning about water management and farming at the University of Alabama – Huntsville... Read More ...
Related Items: Uzbekistan, Business Development
 Young Economists Show Promise for Uzbekistan’s Future
An award ceremony on May 1, 2007 completed the fifth annual Young Economist Contest for university students in Uzbekistan. The contest is organized by the Center for Economic Research (CER) and the Economic Review Magazine... Read More ...
Related Items: Uzbekistan, Education
 Food Program Feeds 20,000 in Uzbekistan
On May 7, 3007 USAID participated in a press conference to mark the delivery of 75 metric tons of fortified dehydrated soup produced by Breedlove International to Uzbekistan... Read More ...
Related Items: Uzbekistan, Health
 Accounting Experts Convene to Help Uzbekistan Develop Audit
In February USAID’s Accounting/Certified International Professional Accountant project organized a round-table discussion entitled “International Federation of Accountants and Development of Accounting and Audit in Uzbekistan.”... Read More ...
Related Items: Uzbekistan, Institutional Reform
 Anti-Trafficking Shelter Quietly Marks 200 Women Served
Since its opening in December 2004, 200 trafficking victims have accessed critical support from the USAID-funded shelter in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The center, supported through USAID’s Combating Trafficking in Persons project... Read More ...
Related Items: Uzbekistan, Health
 Association Develops Additional Safeguards for Credit Unions
In February, the Credit Unions Association of Uzbekistan, supported by USAID’s Savings and Credit Unions Development project, officially announced a launch of a deposit guarantee system, titled the “Alyans Garant” Stabilization Fund... Read More ...
Related Items: Uzbekistan, Financial Markets
 USAID Helps Immunize Youth against Measles, Rubella
More than 620,000 young people in Tashkent were vaccinated against measles and rubella in an immunization campaign running through December 25. The campaign was carried out by the Health Ministry, UNICEF, and USAID... Read More ...
Related Items: Uzbekistan, Health
 PEAKS Teachers Receive Presidential Award
Two of the 100 teachers who received awards from Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov on Teacher’s Day (October 1) 2005 were former participants of a USAID education program, Participation in Education and Knowledge Project (PEAKS)... Read More ...
Related Items: Uzbekistan, Education
 Imams Join Anti-Trafficking Effort
With funding from USAID to combat human trafficking, the local NGO “Istiqbolli Avlod” and the International Organization for Migration organized a meeting in October with Jizzak Oblast Muslim religious leaders in Uzbekistan... Read More ...
Related Items: Uzbekistan, Social Programs
 Uzbekistan Conference Offers Forum to Discuss Islam, Democracy
A conference on the role of Islam in the development of civil society in Central Asia, co-sponsored by the USAID-funded National Democratic Institute, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, the Institute for the Study of Civil Society... Read More ...
Related Items: Uzbekistan, Social Programs
 Addressing Kyrgyz-Uzbek Border Crossing Challenges
In November, the public association Ferghana Valley Lawyers without Borders began implementation of the Peaceful Borders Project, funded by USAID through the Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia... Read More ...
Related Items: Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Rule of Law
 Turkmen/Uzbek Farmer Exchange Boosts Quality, Production
In September 2006, six leading Turkmen greenhouse growers and greenhouse input suppliers traveled to Uzbekistan to meet growers from the eastern part of that country... Read More ...
Related Items: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Business Development
 Teachers Work to Prevent Youth Drug Use
During the academic year 2006-2007, the Ministry of Public Education will distribute countrywide 20,000 copies of the Drug Use Prevention Manual for Teachers of Secondary Schools... Read More ...
Related Items: Uzbekistan, Education
 Documentary Educates Uzbeks about Drug Risks
On July 4, the popular Uzbek TV channel “Yoshlar” (Youth) held a premiere broadcast of the documentary film “A Fine Line.” The documentary was produced by the National Movie Company Uzbekkino... Read More ...
Related Items: Uzbekistan, Health
 Sentinel Surveillance Results Presented in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
At conferences in May and June, the National AIDS Centers in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan introduced results of the HIV sentinel surveillance conducted with assistance from USAID through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)... Read More ...
Related Items: Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Health
 TB Pocket Guide for Health Workers Now Available in Uzbek Language
The Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan through the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria (GFATM) recently has printed and distributed 10,000 copies of Uzbek-language Pocket Guide... Read More ...
Related Items: Uzbekistan, Health
 Training on International Religious Freedom Standards Held in Uzbekistan
From March 13-18, USAID’s Legal Education Project, implemented by ABA/CEELI, organized a series of trainings for defense lawyers and human rights activists on international religious freedom standards... Read More ...
Related Items: Uzbekistan, Rule of Law
 Uzbekistan’s Credit Unions Continue To Grow
As of March 31, the 18 USAID-supported credit unions reported 8 billion Uzbek Soums (approximately US $6.6 million) in assets. Their deposits and share payments total 6.75 billion Soums... Read More ...
Related Items: Uzbekistan, Financial Markets
 Regional World Bank’s Doing Business Report Identifies Necessary Reforms for
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
Kyrgyz Republic was ranked 84th, Kazakhstan 86th, and Uzbekistan 138th among 155 countries, based on specific regulations that promote or constrain investment productivity and growth... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Institutional Reform
 Uzbekistan Takes First Steps to Assure Gender Equity in Healthcare
USAID’s Healthy Family Project, implemented by Project HOPE in collaboration with the Futures Group, organized a roundtable in February 2006 to discuss the issue of gender
equity... Read More ...
Related Items: Uzbekistan, Health
 Public Education Improves Maternal and Child Health in Ferghana Valley
In cooperation with the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan, the USAID Healthy Communities Support Program has recently refocused it efforts in Uzbekistan on building public awareness and capacity... Read More ...
Related Items: Uzbekistan, Health
 USAID Brings Uzbekistan’s National Health Care Quality Improvement Strategy Closer to Fruition
To facilitate the development of a national quality improvement strategy, USAID’s Primary Health Care Reform Project (ZdravPlus II) organized a workshop for Uzbek health planners... Read More ...
Related Items: Uzbekistan, Health
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