(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 17. Kyrgyzstan is
one of five Central Asian countries to benefit from a 4-year
project, jointly funded by the EU and World Health Organization
(WHO), trend reports citing the press service of the United Nation in
Kyrgyzstan.
The new 10 million euros worth project, which will be
implemented in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
and Uzbekistan, aims to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
and strengthen long-term health resilience by strengthening
national immunization programs and health information management
systems.
Initially, the funds will be used to scale-up COVID-19
vaccination, develop and implement COVID-19 and routine
immunization plans, train healthcare workers and professionals
involved in vaccination, and strengthen immunization information
systems.
'This valuable support from the EU will help in addressing
immunization inequity and will strengthen information management
systems. WHO is committed to working in close cooperation with the
Ministry of Health in this journey to better health,' Special
Representative of the Regional Director, WHO in Kyrgyzstan Joana
Madureira Lima underlined.
Furthermore, the project will improve data and digital health
systems in line with the recently adopted regional digital health
action plan 2023-2030 for which Central Asian countries have shown
strong support.
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