Healthcare Development Program must be linked to education and social development programs: PM
13:33, 31 May 2010
ASTANA. May 31. KAZINFORM /Russul Bakhamov/ "The draft Program of Healthcare Development for 2011-2015 is very important but it needs to be linked to the programs of education and social development", Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov has said today at the enlarged session of the Government.
He noted that it is possible to achieve results in people's health improvement only through putting together these three dimensions. Besides, K.Massimov has noted that it is necessary to pay attention to the financing of preventive and curative interventions of seven main types of diseases according to the rate of mortality.
The Prime Minister said that according to the world statistics, about 80% of financing of such diseases was allocated from the national budgets.
The Head of the Government stressed that the Program needs to be worked out carefully paying attention to the necessity of incentives of health workers taking into consideration their experience and qualification.