S.Sudan government says poised to retake key town
South Sudan's government said it was poised to recapture a key town from rebel forces, as peace talks being held in neighbouring Ethiopia appeared to be making slow progress.
New Year fireworks from all over the world
Countries all over the world have celebrated the New Year 2014 with spectacular fireworks and laser shows.
83 Kazakhstanis treated abroad in 2013
Over 80 Kazakhstan nationals received medical treatment abroad at the expense of the Healthcare Ministry of Kazakhstan in 2013.
Science-driven economy is impossible without an effective education system: Nazarbayev
Kazakhstan is going to focus on hard sciences to further enhance the country's growing economy.
Bolashak fuels development of cardiac surgery in Kazakhstan
Nursultan Nazarbayev stressed the importance of Bolashak Presidential Scholarship and the effect it had on the development of cardiac surgery in Kazakhstan.
Health Ministry to continue countering child mortality in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Minister of Health Salidat Kairbekova updated President Nursultan Nazarbayev on the progress of Salamatty Kazakhstan program.
Health Ministry bans drugs made by Kazakhstan-based Eleas
The Ministry of Healthcare of Kazakhstan has banned the use of several medications, produced by Almaty’s pharmaceutical company Eleas
Only six Americans enrolled on 'Obamacare' first day
Just six people managed enrol in Obamacare on day one of the health plan's troubled rollout, documents released by Republican lawmakers showed, in a new embarrassment for the White House.
Nuclear medicine center to open in Almaty
Opening a nuclear medicine center in Almaty will cost around 9 billion tenge ($60 million).
Bill Clinton backs Obama's push to promote health law
President Barack Obama got backing from Bill Clinton Tuesday as he sought to promote his health care law to the US public amid a congressional battle and an approaching sign-up date.
Kazakhstan medical staff tested for professional suitability
Medical professionals are being massively tested for professional suitability for the first time in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan mulls transplanting organs without notifying families
Emergency organ transplantation without notification of the patient’s families, in case they are not immediately available, may be put into a law in Kazakhstan.
Hearing device implantation surgery made in Almaty
Professor of Vilnius Medical University Yevgenius Lisinskas made the surgery in the Central Clinical Hospital of Almaty.
113 thousand people vaccinated against plague in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Healthcare Ministry has reported on the advance measures taken to protect Kazakhstan people from bubonic plague.
South Korean surgeon to offer free consultations in Almaty
A famous surgeon from South Korea will come to Almaty for experience exchange.
Kazakhstan mulls creating donorship consent registrar
Kazakhstan Healthcare Ministry is working on a common registrar of donors, recipients and persons awaiting transplantation.
2 thousand Kazakhstan citizens require transplantation
Kazakhstan is experiencing a deficit of donor organs same as most countries around the world as well: Ministry.
Kazakhstan Bone Marrow Transplantation Department strives for international accreditation
Bone Marrow Transplantation Department of the State Scientific Center of Emergency Medicine in Astana is planning to get an international accreditation.
Kazakhstan Healthcare Ministry will not expand methadone program
273 patients are taking part in the opioid substitution therapy (OST) program in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan Minister Kairbekova denies being blackmailed by U.S. Ambassador
Kazakhstan Healthcare Minister Salidat Kairbekova waived away being blackmailed by former U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan Richard Hoagland