Training on Diagnosis and Treatment of Pesticide Poisoning for Healthcare Professionals in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

For the first time in Central Asia, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will train health care professionals to treat and respond to pesticide poisoning as part of an ongoing pesticide management and disposal project from FAO and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in Central Asia and Türkiye.

In Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, around 150 health care professionals, including medical doctors and nurses working in remote areas, will be trained to improve their skills in preventing, diagnosing and treating pesticide poisoning through trainings conducted by a team of physicians from the Biocidal Occupational and Environmental Health Association, an FAO partner based in Ankara.