OREANDA-NEWS.  October 17, 2014. Today, an enlarged meeting of the Republican headquarters to reduce the incidence of tuberculosis chaired by Vice Minister of Health and Social Development Salidat Kairbekova has been held in selector mode in Astana.

The meeting was attended by representatives of state agencies and departments.

Director of the National Center of Tuberculosis T.Abildayev, Deputy Chairman of the penal system of MIA A.Bazylbekov, and the heads of health departments delivered their reports.

Salidat Kairbekova noted that, despite improvements in Kazakhstan's position in the ranking of the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), the specialists are concerned because of increase disease of drug-resistant tuberculosis, as well as the problem of providing TB care held in institutions of the penitentiary system.

In addition, the meeting participants focused attention of local executive bodies on insufficient volume of TB control activities - on equipment of fast diagnosis, provision of social support to patients, bringing to conformity the material-technical base of a number of organizations according to the requirements of TB infection control.

As part of the Republican headquarters, First Vice Minister of Kazakhstan instructed the Committee to monitor the activities of medical institutions to check the TB prison system.

Questions of adequate treatment of convicts with chronic forms of tuberculosis will be heard at the next meeting of the republican headquarters.