How do I get vaccinated

The following population groups are subject to preventive vaccinations:

• persons by age in accordance with the established dates of preventive vaccinations (according to the vaccination calendar);
• the population living and working in natural foci of infectious diseases (spring-summer tick-borne encephalitis, anthrax, tularemia, plague);
• persons belonging to risk groups by the nature of their professional activities: medical workers (viral hepatitis "B", flu);
• workers of sewage and sewage treatment plants (typhoid fever);
• persons belonging to risk groups for their health: those who have received blood transfusion (viral hepatitis "B");
• children registered at a dispensary in a medical organization (influenza);
• children of orphanages, orphanages, nursing homes (influenza);
• persons those who have been bitten, blinded by any animal (rabies);
• persons who have been injured, injured with a violation of the integrity of the skin and mucous membranes (tetanus);
• persons who have a high risk of infection for epidemiological indications (viral hepatitis "A"F, influenza, measles, rubella, mumps, coronavirus infection).

Vaccines registered and authorized for use in the Republic of Kazakhstan are used for preventive vaccination. State registration and the issuance of a certificate are carried out by the National Centre for the Examination of Medicines and Medical Devices.

Reports of serious side effects of vaccines are transmitted to the WHO database.

Full information on vaccines registered in Kazakhstan is posted on the website of the National Centre for Drug and Medical Device Expertise in the section State Register.

You can also get information about medicines registered in Kazakhstan, including vaccines, through the DariKz mobile application.

The timing of preventive vaccinations is based on scientific evidence and recommended by the World Health Organization.

1. The first to be vaccinated against tuberculosis (BCG) and hepatitis B is at the maternity hospital on days 1-4.
2. At the 2nd month, babies receive a comprehensive vaccination against hepatitis, polio, pertussis, diphtheria and tetanus (DTP) and type b haemophilus infection, as well as a vaccine against pneumococcal infection.
3. At the 3rd month, repeat inoculations against pertussis, diphtheria and tetanus (DPT), polio and haemophilus infection type b are given.
4. The last vaccinations are up to one year – at the 4th month – Stage 3 vaccination against hepatitis, polio, haemophilus infection type b and pertussis, diphtheria and tetanus, and Stage 2 vaccination against pneumococcal infection.
5. At the age of 12-15 months it will be necessary to get a vaccination against measles, rubella and mumps, repeat the vaccination against polio and pneumococcal infection;
6. at 1.5 years of age - DTP revaccination, poliomyelitis and haemophilic infection type b; at the age of 2 years and 2.5 years, vaccination against hepatitis A; A few more vaccinations are waiting for children at school age:
7. At age 6 (grade 1), vaccination against measles, rubella and mumps and AbKDS;
8. At 11 years and 11.5 years against human papillomavirus;
9. At 16 years old - tetanus and diphtheria vaccination (Td), which will have to be repeated every 10 years.

Voluntary informed consent or refusal of prophylactic vaccination is given in writing.

Parents' refusal to receive preventive vaccinations is not a reason for refusing to admit their children to organized groups.

In case of registration of infectious diseases in an organized team, the risk of disease in unaccompanied children is very high. In this regard, unaccompanied children should be suspended from attending childcare facilities until the disease ceases, as they are not immune to infection.

In the absence of routine vaccinations, entry into a number of countries may be denied.

All prophylactic vaccinations are required for education in the USA, England.

To enter Saudi Arabia, pilgrims require immunization against meningococcal infection, while Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Kenya and other countries on the African continent require immunization against yellow fever.

Each country has its own approved vaccination calendar. And the higher the standard of living of the country, the wider the list of infectious diseases against which vaccination is conducted.

The health care worker shall provide the parent or his/her legal representative with complete and objective information on prophylactic vaccination, possible side effects, consequences of abandonment, possible postvaccinal complications.

Before the introduction of a preventive vaccination, a medical worker examines the vaccinated person.

A condition for prophylactic vaccination is that the consent or refusal is given in writing.

Vaccines are drugs for the specific prevention of infectious diseases that have a preventive effect through the immune system.

Vaccines and other immunobiological preparations registered in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of healthcare are used for vaccinations.

All individuals who do not have medical contraindications and are permanently located in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan are required to receive mandatory preventive vaccinations against infectious and parasitic diseases.

Vaccination is carried out after examination by a doctor to assess the general condition of the vaccinated person and determine medical contraindications (the presence of contraindications to immunization is determined at the time of vaccination). Vaccination or the administration of preventive drugs is carried out against 21 infectious diseases.

Dates and names of infections against which vaccinations are administered are stipulated in the National Inoculation Calendar.