Strengthening detection, prevention and response to infectious disease threats in Uzbekistan

2) purchasing specialized gene sequencing equipment, 3) sharing established methodologies for sequencing of pathogens, 4) analyzing sequencing data, and 5) showing the relevance of sharing data with the global community. This Center would increase the capacity of Uzbekistan to detect, investigate, and report COVID-19 transmission. Uzbekistan will have the ability to recognize new strains or mutations of strain of SARS-CoV-2. Sequencing data would give the country (and others if shared) a deeper understanding of pathogen phylogeny, which can assist in vaccine production. In addition, CDC would like RIEMID to continue working on AMR surveillance, particularly extend it to the whole country, conduct non-research activities on strengthening the rational use of antimicrobials in the country, introduce genetic surveillance and new systems of rapid identification of bacteria (MALDI-TOF), improve quality of AMR data by assisting implementation of QMS in the bacteriology laboratories and consolidating the AMR data in RIEMID AMR reference center.