Project implementation period: 06.03.2015-31.12.2020

Estimated cost: $ 31,807,000

Donor: US Government through the US Department of Defense / Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Executor: Black and Veatch Spec. Proj. Corp.

Beneficiary: State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection

Recipients: 

• National Research Center "Institute of Experimental and Clinical Veterinary Medicine"; 
• Institute of Veterinary Medicine NAAS; 
• State Scientific and Research Institute of Laboratory Diagnostics and Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise; 
• State Scientific Control Institute of Biotechnology and Strains of Microorganisms

Registration card: 3253-11

Purpose and content of the Program: 

• ensuring the viability of built and modernized laboratories;
• conducting training on surveillance of infectious diseases for the scientific staff of the beneficiary and recipients; providing assistance for rapid response to outbreaks of particularly dangerous infectious diseases for the purpose of safe collection, treatment, temporary storage and transportation of clinical specimens;
• development and implementation of joint research projects; support for the participation of beneficiary and recipient representatives in international conferences.