Enhancing Global Health Security in Uzbekistan

Implementing Partners

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In October 2020, Integral Global Health (IGH) was awarded a cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to conduct global health security (GHS) activities in the Republic of Uzbekistan. The cooperative agreement was in partnership with CRDF Global.

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IGH was assisting the government of Uzbekistan in developing the country’s first Emergency Operations Center (EOC), located inside the Services for Sanitary and Epidemiological Well-being (SSEW) in Tashkent. The EOC was designed to improve public health emergency and surveillance systems, enhancing the country’s capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to natural occurring outbreaks, intentional or accidental releases, and biological threats of international concern.

Previously, Uzbekistan did not have a center for public health officials to tackle public health emergencies for intra-country and regional events. IGH has trained the EOC staff to better coordinate activities from the national level and support local level responses.

The long-term impact in Uzbekistan continues to surround the development of workforce capacity, which supports the country to become an emergency response hub for the Central Asian region. IGH developed the EOC to strengthen collaboration efforts with neighboring countries through electronic surveillance databases, providing mechanisms for international peer-to-peer mentorship, and creating rosters of available international response teams to deploy between countries during outbreaks.

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NATIONAL
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER

TIMELINE- 2021 ACTIVITIES

RENOVATION
MARCH 2021

The construction team worked to transform the space into a functional environment for the staff in-country to respond rapidly during small or large -scale national responses.

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CELEBRATION
JUNE 2021

IGH celebrated the opening ceremony of the Uzbekistan’s first EOC. Members from CDC regional and Uzbekistan offices, officials from the SSEW, and the ambassador of the United States to Uzbekistan celebrated this accomplishment to build epidemiological capacity.

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TRANSFORMATION
MAY 2021

IGH’s in-country program coordinator, Malika Khodjaeva, provided logistical support to upgrade the eoc space with new technology to enhance communication and surveillance mechanisms.

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IGH staff traveled to the region of Bukhara to conduct the second in-person training. The participants learned key concepts regarding emergency preparedness like disaster management and disease prioritization.

CONTINUATION
SEPTEMBER 2021

TIMELINE- 2022 ACTIVITIES

OUTBREAK INVESTIGATION
APRIL 2022

IGH conducted an outbreak investigation and basic Recognition and Initial Management of Illness Clusters (RIMIC) training. They brought subject matter expert, Dr. Ziad Kazzi, for Toxicology training.

TRAINING SIMULATION
JULY 2022

IGH implemented a week-long pheoc training simulation on national action plan and standard operating procedure development. This included an intensive simulation of a Public Health Event of International Concern (PHEIC).

FINAL ROUNDTABLE
SEPTEMBER 2022

IGH implemented a final roundtable event for members from the PHEOC, National SSEW, and other key stakeholders like WHO and USAID. The roundtable highlighted key successes of the PHEOC program, along with recommendations to further develop in-country capacity. IGH was proud to be a part of the PHEOC development in Uzbekistan.

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