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Remembering and learning from those we have lost to AIDS

 - 06/03/2013
Tajikistan

May 21, 2013, Dushanbe, Tajikistan— Yesterday, I joined non-governmental organization (NGO), community, and health care leaders at a ceremony held to honor those whom we have lost to AIDS in Tajikistan and throughout the world.  This year in Dushanbe, the International AIDS Memorial Day ceremony was conducted for the second time at a public City Health Center, rather than at an NGO or AIDS Center, marking a growing acceptance by front-line health care workers of the k

Kazakhstan: Preserving Asia’s Bread Basket

 - 04/23/2013
Kazakhstan

During Earth Week, we’re exploring the connections between climate change and the environment we depend on to sustain us. We start in Kazakhstan, the breadbasket of Central Asia and Afghanistan.

Nurturing Rule of Law in Young Uzbekistan

 - 03/05/2013
Uzbekistan

Judge John R. Tunheim (U.S. District Court of Minnesota) has traveled to Uzbekistan nine times in the span of 10 years to share his experience in the areas of rule of law and human rights.

16 Day Challenge: A Helping Hand for Trafficking Victims in Uzbekistan

 - 12/13/2012
Uzbekistan

16 Day Challenge: A Helping Hand for Trafficking Victims in Uzbekistan

Posted by Michelle Blau, Senior Development Outreach and Communications Officer, Central Asia on Friday, December 7th 2012     

No Mountain Too High: Saving the Snow Leopards, Ecosystems and Communities of High Asia

 - 12/06/2012
Regional, Kyrgyzstan

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Sparking the Love of Reading in Central Asia

 - 09/10/2012
Regional

ABCs: Building Blocks for Better Relations

 - 09/06/2012
Uzbekistan

Imams Encourage TB Treatment in Tajikistan

 - 07/05/2012
Tajikistan

As a community health specialist with USAID’s Quality Health Care Project in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, I educate community members, medical workers, patients, and their families about tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis, treatment, and infection control.  My job involves being constantly available and responsive to the needs of patients and their families, and I tend to work unusual hours in order to fit into their schedules.  Still, I was a bit surprised when I received a call from Safarov Khudodod in the middle of the night last month.  Khudodod is an imam, a religious leader at his mo

An Oasis for New Moms

 - 06/15/2012
Kazakhstan

Living with Tuberculosis: A Personal Note

- 03/23/2012
Regional

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Last Updated: 06-18-2013