Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan One Health for Pandemic Prevention, Food Systems Resilience, and Ecosystem Health (WB-P512214)

Regions
  • Europe and Central Asia
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Kazakhstan
  • Uzbekistan
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
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Project Status
Proposed
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Bank Risk Rating
B
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Voting Date
Sep 10, 2026
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources (Kaz); Ministry of Economy and Finance (Uzb); and others
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Sectors
  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Climate and Environment
  • Education and Health
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Investment Type(s)
Grant
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 3.58 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 3.58 million
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Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Sep 16, 2026

Disclosed by Bank Nov 25, 2025

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Project Description
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According to the Bank’s website, the objective of this project is to strengthen the capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to priority zoonotic diseases, antimicrobial resistance, and food safety issues in participating countries through a One Health approach.

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.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
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The environmental and social risks and impacts associated with the proposed project are considered Moderate. No civil works are planned, and the project activities primarily involve institutional strengthening, procurement of equipment, and capacity building under the One Health framework. The activities under Components 1 and 2 are primarily focused on governance and capacity building, with minimal direct environmental risks. Under Component 3, environmental risks relate to the generation and management of hazardous, biomedical, and electronic waste from laboratory operations and veterinary service delivery, as well as air emissions and residual waste from the use of an incinerator for safe disposal of animal carcasses. In addition, project interventions envisage monitoring and study of wild fauna, particularly the saiga antelope (listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List) research by the National Center for Ecological and Epizootic Monitoring of Saiga. The project faces moderate social risks, mainly due to possible gaps in stakeholder engagement that could leave out vulnerable groups such as the elderly, disabled, uninsured, migrants, single-parent families, and those in remote areas. There is also a risk of spreading zoonotic diseases from improper waste management, affecting local communities, lab workers, waste pickers, and border staff.

Investment Description
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Total Project Cost: US$ 3.58 million
The Pandemic Fund: US$ 3.58 million


Contact Information
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World Bank
Pierre Gerber - Senior Agriculture Economist
Nigel Ross Hughes
Nigel Ross Hughes
Takahiro Hasumi
Takahiro Hasumi

Borrowers/Recipients
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Implementing Agencies
Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Ministry of Ecology, Environment Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Committee of Sanitary and Epidemiological Control of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Well-being and Public Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Forestry and Wildlife Committee of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Committee for Veterinary Control and Supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Committee on Veterinary and Livestock Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan

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