Kazakhstan adopts 2020 TB elimination plan

ASTANA. KAZINFORM "The Kazakh Government has adopted the plan to fight tuberculosis until 2020," Deputy PM of Kazakhstan Gulshara Abdykalikova told a briefing at the Central Communications Service in Astana.
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"Unfortunately, Kazakhstan ranks 105th in the TB morbidity rating. That's why the Government adopted the new plan. It is expected to take a set of new measures starting this year until 2020 such as antituberculosis service modernization, expanding outpatient care to patients, and improving access to modern efficient preventive treatment technologies. "TB morbidity dropped by 30% last year across Kazakhstan. Nevertheless, Kazakhstan has high rates of he TB morbidity in the Global Competitive Index, " she added.

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