The collapse of the Soviet Union led to profound changes in ethnicity and identity policies and practices in the newly independent countries, including Kazakhstan. The ethnically diverse population of Kazakhstan presented a particularly unique challenge for the new regime and its approaches to the identity-building policies. This paper focuses on the ethnic and identity-building policies of Kaz...

Our work aimed to generate a preliminary estimation of severe and chronic fungal diseases in the Republic of Kazakhstan with a model proposed by LIFE (Leading International Fungal Education). Calculations were carried out on data from 2015. Published results of studies of mycoses in Kazakhstan were identified; in the absence of national data from the scientific literature, the frequency of life...

BACKGROUND We examined epidemiological aspects of dynamic changes in incidence of ovarian cancer in women of Kazakh and Russian nationalities in Kazakhstan. METHODS The material of investigation was primary data on registered patients with malignant ovarian tumors in the whole country. The study was conducted during the period of 1999-2009. Evaluation of changes in ovarian cancer incidence in...

BACKGROUND Data on puberty development are available for several countries but not for Central Asia. AIM Using data collected during the Kazakhstan Health and Nutrition Survey (KHA-ES), we evaluated the relationship between the living environment (rural vs. urban), ethnicity (Russians vs. Kazakhs) and pubertal status in children living in Kazakhstan. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Genital (G1-G5), br...

Kazakhstan is undergoing a rapid modernization process, which carries the risk of an epidemic of obesity and cardiovascular disease. We enrolled a sample of about 50 children for every combination of gender, environment (urban vs. rural), ethnic group (Kazakh vs. Russian), and age group from 7 to 18 years, for a total of 4,808 children. Anthropometry and blood pressure were measured on all chil...

The purpose of the article is a critical analysis of the situation on the implementation and development of e-Learning in Kazakhstan in the next 10 years. E-Learning is the main direction in the development of Kazakhstani education. Government approved national programs that support sustainable development of e-Learning (till 2020). E-learning is being implemented at all levels of the education...

Study Aims. Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of the medication-assisted therapy (MAT) pilot in Kazakhstan and review implementation context and related challenges. Methods. We performed a desk review of MAT policy and program documents and reviewed medical records at three MAT sites in Kazakhstan. MAT patients (n = 93) were interviewed to assess their perceptions of the program and its im...

In Kazakhstan, checking students' attendance is one of the important issues for universities, because many universities evaluate students’ attendance and while giving the final grade, professors consider their total number of appearances on classes during the whole semester. This brings to the idea of having some tool to control students’ attendance. Some universities prefer to use paper sheet ...

Background: Classical bacteriological detection of Brucella species from food, and environment is routinely carried out based on morphological and biochemical characteristics. However, for increasing specificity and sensitivity of species identification methods, development of a molecular assay is necessary that was main aim of this study. Methods: Panel of some reference strains belonging to ...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: reforms in inpatient care are critical for the enhancement of the efficiency of health systems. it still remains the main costly sector of the health system, accounting for more than 60% of all expenditures. inappropriate and ineffective use of the hospital infrastructure is also a big issue. we aimed to analyze statistical data on healt...