Representatives from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explored opportunities for cooperation with Turkmenistan.
"The delegation discussed the potential for cooperation and expressed the U.S. government’s interest to support country capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to dangerous infectious disease threats," the U.S. Embassy in Turkmenistan said in a press release.
The CDC delegation was led by Dr. Alexander Millman, Program Director for the Division of Global Health Protection in Central Asia and included meetings with representatives from the Ministry of Health, the Center for Community Health and Nutrition, and the Turkmenistan State Medical University.
"Topics of discussion included collaboration in strengthening public health workforce capacity through the Field Epidemiology Training program (FETP), promoting public health and medical science".
The CDC now has country offices in Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
CDC partners with host governments to address priority disease threats, and to strengthen public health emergency management, laboratory, surveillance, and workforce capacity to respond to disease outbreaks.
Eziz Boyarov
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