On August 30, four health officials from Uzbekistan visited The University of Baltimore’s College of Public Affairs as part a project called “Antimicrobial Resistance – A Global Health Crisis,” which is being coordinated by Ann Driscoll, senior program officer at World Learning, in partnership with the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). The Uzbekistani officials are working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on a cooperative agreement to strengthen that country’s Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) surveillance and reporting systems.

Alan Lyles, a professor in the college’s School of Health and Human Services and School of Public and International Affairs, hosted the Uzbekistani officials, which included the director of the Antimicrobial Center of Uzbekistan’s Research Institute for Epidemiology, Microbiology, and Infectious Diseases, a researcher, an epidemiologist, and the deputy head of the National Medical Center for Specialized Practical Research on Epidemiology, Microbiology, Infectious and Parasitic Diseases. In addition, a three-person team of State Department interpreter-liaisons accompanied them. During their visit, Prof. Lyles delivered a lecture titled “Federalism in the U.S. Experience, with Implications for Uzbekistan’s IVLP project: Antimicrobial Resistance – A Global Health Crisis.” Lyles’ lecture on federalism serves as an introduction to the federalism issues in U.S. public health, medicine, and research. Following their visit to UBalt, the visitors embarked on three weeks of travel to leading U.S. institutions, including the CDC, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Agency for International Development, among others.

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