Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan One Health for Pandemic Prevention, Food Systems Resilience, and Ecosystem Health

pipeline

Prospective

Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are participating in Phase 3 of the regional Multiphase Programmatic Approach (MPA) program titled “One Health for Pandemic Prevention, Food Systems Resilience, and Ecosystem Health in Central Asia (P181459)”, as a recipient of the multi-country Pandemic Fund (PF) grant. On May 27, 2025, the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved $60 million in financing to support the first phase of the MPA. The financing package of the first phase includes a $30 million concessional credit for the Kyrgyz Republic and a $30 million grant for Tajikistan to help strengthen their capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to priority health risks affecting both humans and animals. Additionally, as part of the first phase Tajikistan and Kyrgyz Republic received a $1.79 million grant from the Pandemic Fund to respond to the relevant challenges. The second phase of the program includes Turkmenistan that also received $1.79 million grant from the Pandemic Fund. Overall, the three-phase program will be implemented from 2025 to 2032 by regional and national agencies across the health, agriculture, and environment sectors in the five countries. The program development objective (PrDO) is to strengthen the capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to priority zoonotic diseases, antimicrobial resistance, and food safety issues in Central Asia through a regional One Health approach.The PF grant aims to help Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan strengthen their institutional and technical foundations for adopting a regional One Health approach. The grant will support activities that address gaps in the countries’ core capacities, focusing on establishing effective governance mechanisms and procuring targeted equipment and consumables.In Kazakhstan, the World Bank will support the implementation of activities under Components 1, 2, 3, and 4. In Uzbekistan, the World Bank will finance activities under Components 1, 3, and 4, while Component 2 (Knowledge and Workforce Capacity Development) will be implemented through the portion of the multi-country PF grant managed by the FAO and WHO.

Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry,Health,Social Sustainability and Inclusion,Water, Sanitation and Waste Management

World Bank Group

Project

Water Supply and Storage, Raw Materials, Waste Processing and Treatment, Government