Central Asia Regional Office

Strategic Focus

CDC’s Central Asia Regional (CAR) office works to strengthen public health systems in the region by focusing on strategic information, blood safety, injection safety, laboratory services, HIV/AIDS prevention for at-risk and vulnerable populations, and treatment and care services. CDC’s support includes:

HIV/AIDS Prevention for At-risk and Vulnerable Populations

• Building the capacity of prevention specialists through training and on-the-job mentoring
• Implementing evidence-based pilot programs to illustrate and test prevention programs
• Adopting new modes of service delivery
• Expanding prevention and related services for at-risk populations

Treatment & Care Services

• Building the capacity of clinicians through training and on-the-job mentoring
• Strengthening HIV and opportunistic infection treatment and care services
• Developing clinical guidelines for screening and managing HIV infection
• Enhancing screening for and diagnosis of HIV infection and co-infection

Strategic Information
CDC provides technical assistance to the MoH and key stakeholders in areas vital to the prevention, control, and monitoring of HIV infection to:

• Build in-country capacity of epidemiologists through training and on-the-job mentoring
• Improve surveillance systems, including sentinel surveillance
• Implement data triangulation, assist in data analysis and decision making
• Implement an electronic surveillance and HIV case management system (EHCMS) for AIDS Centers
• Develop an electronic medication assisted treatment (MAT) register (EMR) for Narcology Centers
• Improve national monitoring and evaluation systems

Strengthening Laboratory and Health Systems
CDC builds the capacity of laboratory and health systems with high-quality laboratory specialists, blood transfusion specialists, and epidemiologists through:

• Training and on-the job-mentoring
• Assisting with the rapid expansion of HIV diagnosis, treatment, and care
• Supporting quality assurance for HIV rapid testing
• Developing national strategic laboratory plans
• Implementing laboratory quality management systems
• Participating in or conducting national external quality assessment and proficiency testing, including those for HIV rapid testing
• Assisting in developing national external quality assessment and proficiency testing (EQA/PT) programs and supporting participation of laboratories in international EQA/PT schemes
• Supporting laboratory accreditation activities