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Time in Yerevan: 11:07,   29 March 2024

USA invests $9.8 million in construction of Armenian Healthcare Ministry’s National Center for Disease Control and Prevention

USA invests $9.8 million in construction of Armenian Healthcare Ministry’s National Center for 
Disease Control and Prevention

YEREVAN, JULY 13, ARMENPRESS. A new centralized national joint facility in Yerevan was opened on July 13, 2016 by Healthcare Minister Armen Muradyan, Minister of Agriculture Sergo Karapetyan, U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Richard Mills, the representative of the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency Elizabeth George, “Armenpress” was informed by the U.S. Embassy in Armenia.

The Ministry of Healthcare’s National Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Ministry of Agriculture’s State Service for Food Safety Central Facilities are housed in the two buildings that were built and renovated thanks to funding from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The construction comes as part of the Agency’s Cooperative Biological Engagement Program, designed to track and secure especially dangerous pathogens in Armenia and around the globe. The efforts will strengthen Armenia’s ability to detect and monitor disease patterns in order to reduce the risk of outbreaks of dangerous diseases, whether human or animal.

“The opening of such laboratory in the healthcare field once again highlights that the public healthcare programs are a priority for us, each of these programs gives credence to our approaches for the public. It aims to completely change our understanding about the infectious disease detection, the prevention of pathogens”, Armen Muradyan said informing that similar facility will be opened also in Gyumri on July 14.

“The opening of this new national central facility and our cooperation with the Ministries of Healthcare and Agriculture benefit not just Armenia, keeping this nation safe, but the larger world by helping fight the spread of disease,” U.S. Ambassador Mills said. “We know that in today’s globalized and interconnected world, diseases have no boundaries. That is why we must all work together to prevent the proliferation of bioweapons.”

Along with the two updated national facilities in Yerevan, the U.S. has also recently completed the renovation of the Tavush and Shirak regional laboratories and will complete the construction of three more facilities in Lori, Gegharqunik and Syunik in 2017. All of these regional laboratories will be linked to the national central facility in Yerevan.

In addition to building new labs, renovating existing labs and providing upgrades, the U.S. is providing training and equipment to support the Armenian staff working in these labs.

Elizabeth George informed that $4.1 million has been invested in the facility of the Ministry of Agriculture, and $9.8 million in the Healthcare Ministry’s facility.

Photos by Felix Arustamyan








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