Activities

The Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Population of Tajikistan, in agreement with the World Health Organization, has decided to establish the official advisory body on International Health Regulations (IHR) of the Government of Tajikistan. The work done to support Tajikistan as part of the legislative work package (WP1) of the European Union funded Project 53 (P53) contributed to this action. This work package was implemented by experts from Tajikistan in close cooperation with the legislative consultants ...

Under EU CBRN COE Project 53, the Tajik Research Institute of Preventive Medicine, and the Afghanistan and Tajikistan Regional Biosafety Training Centre in Dushanbe conducted seven courses to increase the number of qualified specialists from Tajikistan who are able to support the management of biosafety and biosecurity on a global scale. A total of 68 specialists were trained, between June and October 2018, during the seven trainings, which consisted of theoretical elements (lectures and seminars) and practical exer...

During July 9-11, July 12-13, July 23-25, and July 26-27, 2018, the Tajikistan Virology Laboratory of the Research Institute of Preventive Medicine successfully conducted four training seminars titled “Principles, practice and interpretation of PCR method in diagnostics of especially dangerous pathogens” and “Principles, practice and interpretation of ELISA method in diagnostics of especially dangerous pathogens”. The trainings were provided in the framework of EU CBRN COE Project 53. In tota...

The seminar took place at the Virology Laboratory of the Tajik Research Institute of Preventive Medicine, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on June 11 to 15, 2018. Six specialists from various medical and veterinary labs received a course entitled “Principles, Practices & Interpretation of Molecular Diagnosis of EDPs for Trainers”. The course was a follow up of the successful “train the trainers” seminars carried out by Project 53 during the last year, in which EU Team of Experts would train the p...

October 16th to 20th Dushanbe, Tajikistan   The third Project 53 “Biosafety & Biosecurity: Train the Trainer Course” has been delivered in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. This third of six, week-long training courses in Central Asia was the first of two to be hosted at the Regional Tajikistan and Afghanistan Biosafety Training Centre. Prof. Christopher H. Logue from Public Health England (PHE) led the training, supported by fellow Biosafety and Biosecurity experts from PHE and RIVM. The team w...

PRESS RELEASE A new EU-funded project on biosafety and biosecurity kicks-off for Tajikistan. On 28-29 September 2016 the Tajik national kick-off meeting of a EU-funded project worth 5 million euros was successfully conducted in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The event was co-organized by the implementer ISTC, the EU Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Centres of Excellence Initiative (CBRN CoE) and Tajik Governmental partners. The meeting was opened by Dr. Sufiev, head of section Licensing and Control of the A...