Social protection workers of 6 regions of Kazakhstan have been trained on psychosocial support of families
The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter – the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) conducted a training for specialists in the field of social protection and health care to provide psychosocial support services for families with children/adolescents living with HIV and other chronic diseases (cerebral palsy, autism, diabetes mellitus).
The three-day online training was conducted by 2 national expert trainers, associate professors of KSMU Larisa Matsievskaya and Anna Knaus.
104 specialists from Almaty, East Kazakhstan, Karaganda and Turkestan regions, as well as the cities of Almaty and Shymkent took part in the training.
"The purpose of the training is to introduce modern standards and norms for the prevention and treatment of children and adolescents with HIV and other chronic diseases. Today, our main task is to expand the knowledge and improve the skills of specialists of employment centers, centers for the prevention and control of AIDS, primary health care organizations and active parents/guardians on psychosocial support for children and adolescents living with HIV, diabetes, cerebral palsy and autism, and their parents/guardians, " said Daniyar Nurpeisov, head of the Project Center created within the framework of a joint project of the Ministry of Health and Children's Health and UNICEF.
"Successful socialization of children and adolescents living with HIV and other chronic diseases is an important task of the state. Work in this direction contributes to improving the quality of life of young Kazakhstanis suffering from these ailments, allows them to integrate into the life of society," said Syrim Nasi, Deputy of the Department for the Development of Social Services Policy of the MTSZN.
During the training, the trainers taught specialists from the social protection and healthcare systems the basic principles of identifying urgent problems of children with chronic diseases and integrated approaches to improve their quality of life. To achieve this result, 10 national standards of psychosocial support, including case management technology, were used.