DUSHANBE
, April 19, Asia-Plus — The second international seminar on issues of combating cross-border diseases in
Central Asia
opened in the Uzbek capital city of
Tashkent
on April 19.
According to information from the Ministry of Health, a two-day meeting is aiming to discuss issues of combating plague, brucelosis, foot-and-mouth disease, etc. A special attention will be given to issues of preventing spread of avian influenza (bird flu) in the region.
The seminar participants include veterinarians from
Kazakhstan
,
Kyrgyzstan
,
Tajikistan
, and
Uzbekistan
as well as specialists from
Afghanistan
, and
Pakistan
.
Deputy head of Tajik veterinary service, Abdurrahmon Mahmadshoyev, and manager of the project for cross-border animals’ diseases Sanginmurod Muruvattuloyev are representing
Tajikistan
in the seminar.
We will recall that the first international seminar on the cross-border diseases was held in
Dushanbe
in March 2005.
