Turkmenistan
NOTE: As of March 2, 2008, assistance for Turkmenistan
has moved to the newly created Asia Bureau.
Turkmenistan in Action
 Turkmenistan Approves National TB Communication Strategy
Turkmenistan’s newly approved communication strategy outlines social mobilization, information, and communication activities to be conducted as part of the National TB Program... Read More ...
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 TB Program Expands Coverage in Turkmenistan
USAID’s TB program recently expanded to three new towns and five new districts in Turkmenistan’s Balkan Province, and now providing total coverage for the province through pilots... Read More ...
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 Millions of Women, Children Receive Critical Vaccinations
In November 2007, the Ministry of Health of Turkmenistan carried out its first national vaccination campaign to prevent the spread of measles and rubella among women and children... Read More ...
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 National TB Program Receives Lab Equipment, Materials
To assist the Turkmenistan Ministry of Health with the implementation of its National Tuberculosis Program, Project HOPE and USAID delivered 10 binocular microscopes, consumables and reagents for tuberculosis detection and treatment control... Read More ...
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 Turkmenistan TB Program Takes Important Step Forward
In September 2007, Turkmenistan’s Ministry of Health and Medical Industry approved the Logistic Management Information System manual, a major regulatory document for the drug management system of the country’s TB program... Read More ...
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 New Training Center Paves Way for Enhanced TB Control
On September 18, 2007, the Turkmen State Medical Institute’s Department of Tuberculosis opened a new training center in the capital city of Ashgabat with support from USAID and Project HOPE... Read More ...
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 Senior U.S. Official Visits Turkmenistan Model Community
In June, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Evan A. Feigenbaum met with the USAID-supported community of Saglyk, in the Ahal Region, as part of a four-day official visit to Turkmenistan... Read More ...
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 USAID Trains Nurses in Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses
Over the past eight months, USAID’s ZdravPlus and Healthy Family projects trained 237 nurses from all five country’s provinces (welayats) on Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI)... Read More ...
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 U.S. Supports Turkmenistan’s National Vaccination Campaign
In June 2007, USAID through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, provided a $600,000 grant to UNICEF for the support of the Government of Turkmenistan’s national measles and rubella vaccination campaign... Read More ...
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 Nearly 9,000 Students Learn Business Skills from Junior Achievement
In May 2007, the USAID-supported Junior Achievement program in Turkmenistan marked the official completion of its school year and summarized its achievements... Read More ...
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 Junior Achievement Increases Economics, Management Skills
Over 450 students comprising 57 teams from 33 educational institutions in the Lebap, Mary, and Balkan provinces of Turkmenistan took part in a Management and Economic Simulation Exercise (MESE) tournament... Read More ...
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 Lab Specialists Trained on Hepatits, HIV Quality Assurance
From May 18-21, 20 Turkmen laboratory specialists participated in a four-day “Quality Assurance and Quality Control for Viral Hepatitis and HIV Laboratory Diagnostics” training in Ashgabat... Read More ...
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 Turkmen Health Specialists Learn from U.S. Experience
In May 2007, three key Turkmenistan counterparts of USAID blood safety and HIV/AIDS prevention programs visited the U.S. on a specialized HIV/AIDS study tour, organized by the U.S. Government’s International Visitor Leadership Program... Read More ...
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 USAID-Supported Organization Takes Lead in Agricultural Law Public
Discussions
Following the presidential elections in February, Turkmenistan’s new government announced plans for agricultural sector reforms and legal initiatives. In response, the USAID-supported Ilkinjiler Farmers’ Association immediately convened... Read More ...
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 Number of Certified Accountants Grows in Turkmenistan
In a ceremony on March 10, the Union of Accountants of Turkmenistan conferred Certified Accounting Practitioner (CAP) status to twenty-four new accountants, bringing the number of
these certified professionals in the country to 90... Read More ...
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 Campaign Keeps Turkmenistan’s Children Healthy
On February 2, representatives of USAID and the local government presented awards to the winners of a Keeping Children Healthy contest in rural Koney-Urgench District, Dashoguz Province... Read More ...
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 USAID Helps Improve Turkmenistan’s Infrastructure
On February 2, three communities in Boldumsaz District, Dashoguz Province celebrated the completion of infrastructural projects supported by USAID’s Water Users Association Assistance Program (WUAAP)... Read More ...
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 Turkmenistan, US to Partner on HIV/AIDS Prevention
On March 8, USAID and the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan signed a Memorandum of Understanding officially launching their cooperation on the prevention of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections... Read More ...
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 Junior Achievement Student Fairs Provide Practical Economics Education
On January 24, seven “school companies” participated in a Student Companies’ Fair organized with USAID support by Junior Achievement in Turkmenistan. Participants presented their marketing strategies and offered them for sale... Read More ...
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 USAID Training Materials Adopted by Health Partners
An agreement reached at a 2005 meeting of a tuberculosis working group which includes representatives from the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan, Project HOPE, USAID’s ZdravPlus, and the Red Crescent... Read More ...
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 Promoting Economics Education in Turkmenistan
In November, 75 students from 14 high schools in Ashgabat competed at the first annual Economics Brain-Ring, organized by the USAID-funded Junior Achievement economics program... Read More ...
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 Turkmenistan Converts to WHO Live Birth Standard
On January 1, all medical institutions in Turkmenistan began using the international live birth definition recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO)... Read More ...
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 Turkmenistan Launches First Rural TB-DOTS Pilot Site
On October 4, 2006, USAID and its partner Project HOPE assisted the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan in opening the country’s first rural pilot for TB-DOTS treatment in the Serdar region... Read More ...
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 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 ...
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 Remote Communities Work Together to Solve Health Problems
Over the past three years, roughly 90,000 people have benefited from community-based health programs implemented by USAID’s Healthy Communities Support Initiative... Read More ...
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 Turkmen Accounting Association Gains Full Council Membership
In early July, the Turkmen Union of Accountants upgraded its status to full membership with the Eurasian Council of Certified Accountants and Auditors (ECCAA)... Read More ...
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 Training on Management of Childhood Illnesses Expanded
At the Ministry of Health’s request, in September USAID’s ZdravPlus Project began providing Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) training... Read More ...
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 Turkmenistan Launches National STIs/HIV/AIDS Program
A seminar on the diagnostics of sexually transmitted infections (STI), delivered in July by USAID’s CAPACITY and Participant Training projects, represented the first step in the implementation... Read More ...
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 Turkmenistan Seeks Global Fund Aid to Fight Health Problems
After over three years of efforts by USAID and other international donors, the Government of Turkmenistan submitted applications to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria... Read More ...
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 USAID-Trained Leaders Win Local “Gengeshi” Council Seats
According to the latest reports, 17 community leaders who have participated in USAID programs won their elections and will become members of the new local governing bodies in Turkmenistan... Read More ...
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 Turkmenistan Builds Training Component of National TB Program
As a result of the recent training seminars by a USAID program, each velayat (region) of Turkmenistan now has a team of trainers that can conduct Directly Observed Therapy Short-course (DOTS) trainings... Read More ...
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 Veterinarian Professionals in Turkmenistan Prepare for Avian Flu
From June 1st-14th, USAID’s Farmer-to-Farmer Program, implemented by Winrock International, organized a series of lectures on practical techniques of laboratory diagnostics of avian flu for specialists... Read More ...
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 USAID’s Civil Society Partners Celebrate Achievements in Kyrgyzstan
and Turkmenistan
USAID’s Civil Society Support Initiative held a Local Projects’ Fair in Turkmenistan to summarize successes of community development initiatives on June 20th... Read More ...
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 Turkmenistan’s Best Accountants Lauded
In a June 19th ceremony, the Union of Accountants of Turkmenistan recognized the best trainers and accountants of the past year. The union is the country’s first independent, professional accounting association... Read More ...
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 USAID Strengthens Public Dialogue on Legal Ethics
USAID’s implementing partner, ABA/CEELI, organized a third roundtable discussion on legal professional ethics in Ashgabat on May 25, 2006... Read More ...
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 New Training Center Reduces Newborn Mortality
USAID’s implementing partner American International Health Alliance (AIHA) opened a Neonatal Training Center at the Maternal and Child Health Scientific Research and Clinical Center in Ashgabat on April 30, 2006... Read More ...
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 USAID Enables Turkmen Farmers To Reclaim 300 Hectares of Land
A group of Turkmen farmers, supported by the USAID Water Users’ Association Assistance Program (WUAAP), celebrated the rehabilitation of an irrigation and drainage canal system in Bayramali,
Mary Velayat (region) in March... Read More ...
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 USAID Supports Malaria Prevention in Turkmenistan
Recently, Turkmen malaria professionals were introduced to a new resource, the reference guide “Illustrated Qualifier for Malaria Mosquitoes of Central Asia,” published with USAID and OSCE support... Read More ...
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 USAID Provides Reagents for TB Treatment Program
In January, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Project HOPE, implementers of USAID’s Tuberculosis (TB) prevention project... Read More ...
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