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Ruslan Khozhanberdiyev, a long-haul driver, enjoys moving cargo between Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan, and Khorgos, a main trade hub on the border with China. He finds the open road calming and likes taking in the scenery. However, his career was cut short when he fell ill with tuberculosis (TB).
Today, the United States through its Agency for International Development (USAID) handed over personal protective equipment (PPE) to the City Center for Ambulance Services in Nur-Sultan. This equipment is part of the United States government’s early assistance to Kazakhstan to prepare for the potential spread of the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19. In addition to the PPE, USAID has also allocated additional funding to support Kazakhstan’s response to COVID-19.
With misinformation increasingly spread through digital media, the USAID-funded Access to Information (A2I) Program is committed to helping audiences in Central Asia understand how to discern true information from false. As young people most actively use digital media for communication and information consumption, they are a key target group.
In February and March 2019, the Access to Information program partnered with U.S. Embassies and the American Corners in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan to deliver a training of trainers to volunteer citizens. The goal was to develop a pool of young media literacy trainers who could then provide practical sessions on media and digital literacy, critical thinking, and fact-checking exercises to interested audiences in their home communities.
On February 28, the Kazakhstan Judicial Program in cooperation with the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan organized a roundtable to discuss current issues of investment proceedings and intellectual property rights.
Today, USAID’s Smart Waters project convened water sector national partners from five Central Asian countries and Afghanistan for the eighth Regional Steering Committee for water coordination in Burabay, Kazakhstan. The meeting facilitated the exchange of information and ideas among participating countries and the sharing of national best practices at a regional level.
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