A meeting of the Commission on Human Rights under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan was held
On October 7, 2021, a meeting of the Human Rights Commission under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan was held in Nur-Sultan, dedicated to the activities of the Ministry of Health to ensure constitutional rights to health protection and to receive qualified medical care.
The members of the Commission paid special attention to the issues of observing and ensuring the constitutional rights of citizens and other persons to health protection and receiving qualified medical care, especially during the prevention and treatment of coronavirus infection.
During the meeting of the Commission, topical issues of compliance with the constitutional rights of citizens guaranteed by the Constitution, the Code on the Health of the People and the Health System, the UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified by Kazakhstan, were also discussed.
During the meeting, experts noted the need to provide timely and high-quality medical care to patients with coronavirus infection at the level of primary health care with the strengthening of the work of all mobile teams, call centers, advisory groups with the participation of specialized specialists.
The issue of full vaccination of the population against coronavirus infection was also discussed at the meeting. The members of the Commission noted the importance of ensuring preventive measures among socially vulnerable groups of the population for all types of socially significant diseases.