Atyrau parents refuse to vaccinate children for religious reasons

"Total in the region about one thousand families refused to vaccinate children against tuberculosis. The vast majority of the people - about 90 percent - refused from vaccination for religious grounds", said Zhanabai Sagiev, head doctor of the regional tuberculosis dispensary. Tuberculosis disease in children in recent years, in general, still remains high. For comparison, in 2012 the number of TB patients was 560, last year the number reached 509.