AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoOne Health in Central Asia: A World Bank– and Pandemic Fund–supported regional meeting reviewed progress on “Pandemic Preparedness and Response through the One Health Approach,” bringing together health, agriculture, and environment ministries from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, plus WHO, FAO, WOAH, UNEP, and CAREC. Cross-border health cooperation: Pakistan and Tajikistan used their 8th Joint Commission session in Dushanbe to expand collaboration that explicitly includes health, alongside energy, trade, transport, agriculture, education, and IT, with a three-year plan targeting $200 million in bilateral trade. Clean air and public health: Uzbekistan’s talks with UNEP at the GEF Assembly highlighted a regional clean air coalition and a new effort to cut health impacts from sand and dust storms. Aral Sea restoration research: China-backed work through a Central Asia ecology center continues to support water conservation and desertification control, including monitoring sites across the region with branches in Tajikistan. Sports diplomacy (wellness angle): Turkmenistan’s embassies marked World Bicycle Day with cycling events in Dushanbe and other capitals, promoting mass sport and an environmentally responsible lifestyle.
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