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Controversial methadone therapy may become nationwide in Kazakhstan by 2016 According to the head of the National Scientific and Practical Center on Medical and Social Problems of Drug Abuse, methadone therapy also known as opioid substitution therapy (OST) may become nationwide in Kazakhstan in 2016.

06 October 2014

Birth rate goes 25% up in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan has had an increase in birth rate and decease in mortality rate.

06 October 2014

US doctor cleared of Ebola virus US health officials said that a doctor who returned to a hospital after being treated for the Ebola virus did not have a new case of the infectious disease.

06 October 2014

Survivors bring shocking realism to Ebola treatment boot camp Trainers are using survivors of the Ebola virus to give frighteningly realistic courses to medical staff fighting the disease in Liberia.

05 October 2014

Ebola casts heavy shadow over Sierra Leone's Eid celebrations Don't pray too close to each other, observe strict hygiene rules and don't shake the imam's hand. For Muslims in Ebola-hit Sierra Leone, this was an Eid festival.

05 October 2014

US readies 4,000 troops for Ebola mission The US military expects to increase the number of troops deployed to Liberia to fight the Ebola outbreak to nearly 4,000.

04 October 2014

'We are either bad at treating or bad at diagnosing' - state oncological aid in Kazakhstan Oncologist Nasrulla Shanazarov reported on the state of oncological help in Kazakhstan at the recent International Oncological Symposium.

03 October 2014

New UN Ebola chief vows swift response to crisis The new head of the UN Ebola response team vowed to take swift action on the crisis.

01 October 2014

Deaf baby boy hears for first time A 7-week-old baby boy named Lachlan diagnosed with hearing loss at birth has heard his parents’ voice for the first time using hearing aids.

30 September 2014

TENGRI LIFE

TENGRI TRAVEL

Beds scarce, staff scarcer, in Liberia's overrun Ebola wards What the families idling at the gate of this Ebola centre in Monrovia lack is news of the fate of their sick loved ones inside.

29 September 2014

Kazakhstan and Turkey show highest suicide rates among 15-19 y.o. youth Kazakhstan and Turkey have the highest suicide level among 15 to 19 year olds in the world.

28 September 2014

IMF unblocks cash as desperate west Africa awaits Ebola aid The International Monetary Fund fast-tracked $130 million in aid to fight the Ebola epidemic.

27 September 2014

UNICEF research denies connection between of Unified National Testing and suicide rates among Kazakhstani teens The UNICEF research of suicide among teens in Kazakhstan refutes negative effect of the Unified National Testing.

26 September 2014

Kazakhstani village youth more prone to suicide than city teens The Prosecutor General’s Office reported higher level of suicides among village teens in comparison to their city peers.

26 September 2014

Idris Elba joins fight against Ebola Actor Idris Elba joined the United Nations campaign to ramp up the response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa.

26 September 2014

Alarming tendencies and suicidal behaviour among Kazakhstani teens: UNICEF Youth Health Development A committee on social and cultural development discussed results of their suicide survey among teenagers in Kazakhstan.

26 September 2014

Sierra Leone quarantines more than one million people Sierra Leone has ordered the quarantine "with immediate effect" of three districts and 12 tribal chiefdoms -- affecting more than one million people.

25 September 2014

Boost in quest for TB breath test A simple breath test may one day show whether someone has a strain of tuberculosis that will respond to a frontline antibiotic, or a drug-resistant type.

24 September 2014

Pet animals become victims of Ebola scare in Ivory Coast People in Ivory Coast like to keep wild animals as pets but are now rethinking the custom with the deadly Ebola virus sweeping neighbouring countries.

20 September 2014