
Public health is the most important economic and social potential of the country, due to the impact of various environmental factors and the way of life of the population, which allows to ensure an optimal level of quality and safety of life.
The nature of activities, public health is the study of the healing effect, as well as the adverse impact of social factors and conditions on health of the population and its groups and develop evidence-based recommendations on elimination and prevention of harmful human health effects of social conditions and factors in the interests of protecting and enhancing public health.
The state of public health is considered one of the most important factors of national security. It is the human potential with a high level of physical and mental health that can become a source of economic development and political stability of the country.
In Kazakhstan, vaccination is voluntary. According to Article 77 of the code of the Republic of Kazakhstan" on Public Health and the healthcare system", any medical procedure, including vaccination, is carried out only with the informed consent of the vaccinated person. In Kazakhstan, administrative or criminal liability for refusal of vaccination is not provided, any harassment is illegal.
An electronic vaccination passport is a medical history of vaccination. It is a key module (functionality) in the health sector to provide continuous management, control and monitoring of the vaccinated population. At the moment, the development of the EPV is at the stage of completion. The passport's operability will be realized through the information resources of the Ministry of Health for medical workers, and for patients - through the use of the eGov Mobile mobile application.
The electronic vaccination passport will be available in the eGov Mobile app immediately after the vaccination procedure. The EPV will contain information about the citizen, the type of vaccine that he received, the stages of the vaccination procedure, as well as observations in the post-vaccination period.
The guaranteed amount of free medical care includes:
emergency medical services, including medical aviation;
primary health care, including diagnosis, treatment, preventive examinations, sanitary-anti-epidemic and sanitary-preventive measures in the foci of infectious diseases;
specialized medical care in outpatient settings, including prevention and diagnosis of HIV infection and tuberculosis, emergency services, diagnosis and treatment of socially significant and chronic diseases;
specialized medical care in hospital-substituting conditions, including treatment for socially significant and chronic diseases; inpatient services at home;
specialized medical care in inpatient settings, including treatment of infectious, parasitic diseases that pose a danger to others and are suspected of them;
provision of medicines, including medical devices, immunobiological medicines in the provision of emergency and specialized care for primary health care in accordance with the list of diseases against which preventive vaccinations are carried out and specialized medical care in outpatient settings.