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Vaccinations to be carried out in a new way in Kazakhstan
Tengrinews.kz - Vice Minister of Healthcare Erbol Ospanov said that Face ID technology will now be used to vaccinate Kazakhstanis.
08 November 2024
Vaccination in Kazakhstan: Ministry of Healthcare introduces new rules
Tengrinews.kz – The Ministry of Healthcare has published an order amending the conditions for consent to receive vaccinations in medical institutions
05 November 2024
Mass vaccination of girls in Kazakhstan: What parents need to know
Tengrinews.kz - Kazakhstan has launched a mass vaccination campaign for girls against the human papillomavirus (HPV), the primary cause of cervical
18 September 2024
WHO approves first monkeypox vaccine
Tengrinews.kz - The World Health Organization has officially approved the use of the first vaccine against monkeypox. This approval is expected
16 September 2024
COVID-19 cases in Almaty doubled in a week
Tengrinews.kz - The incidence of coronavirus for the last seven days has increased in Almaty, according to Asel Kalykova, the Deputy Head of
28 August 2024
WHO explains why masks don't work against monkeypox
Tengrinews.kz - Head of the European Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO), Hans Kluge, stated that a mask will not protect
21 August 2024
Kazakhstan reintroduces mask mandate for hospitals
Tengrinews.kz - A decree by Acting Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Kazakhstan Nurkan Sadvakassov, has been published, which provides for the
19 August 2024
Kazakhstan's Ministry of Healthcare statement on COVID-19
Tengrinews.kz - Kazakhstan's Ministry of Health has assured that the COVID-19 situation in the country is under control and being closely monitored.
16 August 2024
New study: 40 percent of cancers can be prevented
Tengrinews.kz - A new study from the American Cancer Society (ACS) has revealed that up to 40 percent of cancer cases and deaths among adults
17 July 2024
De Niro yanks anti-vaccine documentary from film fest
De Niro offs a documentary by a former British medical researcher about a link between vaccines and autism from Tribeca Film Festival.
28 March 2016
Possible causes of negative reactions to measles vaccination
Chief Kazakh Sanitary Doctor and Vice-Minister of Health and Social Development declare preliminary causes of the negative reactions to the measles vaccination conducted in February.
29 April 2015
Measles vaccination in Kazakhstan: safe or not?
Authorities in Kazakhstan and the WHO disagree on the safety of measles vaccination.
25 February 2015
Vaccination against measles in Kazakhstan puts teenagers into hospital beds
Vaccination against measles in Kazakhstan went terribly wrong when dozens of teenagers were hospitalized in fever and unconscious to local hospitals.
24 February 2015
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
Ebola toll hits 2,400 as Cuba pledges medics
The worst-ever Ebola outbreak has killed more than 2,400 people, as Cuba pledged the largest foreign medical team.
13 September 2014
Sierra Leone to visit every home to track down Ebola dead
Sierra Leone announced plans to visit every home in the country of six million to track down people with Ebola and remove dead bodies.
09 September 2014
Liberia's Ebola disposal teams preserve life after death
Heavily pregnant when she died, Fatimah Jakemah is lifted unceremoniously by experts in biohazard suits and zipped into a body bag.
08 September 2014
Travel restrictions could worsen Ebola crisis: experts
Travel restrictions could worsen West Africa's Ebola epidemic, limiting medical and food supplies and keeping out much-needed doctors.
02 September 2014
Ebola zone countries isolated as airlines stop flights
The three nations at the centre of the west African Ebola outbreak were left isolated as more airlines suspended flights to the crisis zone.
28 August 2014
Nigeria delays start of school year over Ebola virus
Nigeria said that resumption of classes in all public and private schools will be delayed by a month to put in place "preventive measures".
27 August 2014