Rehabilitation care standards revised in Kazakhstan

In 2024, under the long-term contracts, 702 items of pharmaceutical products have been supplied. In 2025, production of pharmaceuticals is set to be increased to 1,728 items," the minister emphasized.

As part of import substitution work, starting from 2025, the list of home-produced pharmaceuticals will be expanded with the support of the existing domestic producers, the cooperation with the global international pharmaceutical companies will be intensified, and the terms for concluding long-term offtake contracts will be revised," the minister added.

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As the Head of State noted, all returned funds should work for the benefit of Kazakhstanis. Since the beginning of this year, the Commission has approved agreements on asset recovery totalling over 900 billion tenge. Construction of a number of social infrastructure facilities has already started on these funds," Olzhas Bektenov emphasised.

Annually, the total expenditures from the republican budget and the State Social Insurance Fund increase by about 22 per cent. This year they totalled 748 billion tenge," Svetlana Zhakupova said.

By profession, 21% of persons with disabilities are employed as professionals, 19% are unskilled workers, 13% are specialists-technicians, 11% are managers and civil servants; workers in services, sales" Svetlana Zhakupova noted.

Taking into account the new trends in the development of society, the requirements to the level of professional training of social workers, their skills and competences are increasing," Svetlana Zhakupova added.

• mandatory accessibility requirement in the architectural and planning task and design task;
• sending the project for revision in the absence of accessibility conditions in the project at the expert review stage;
• fulfilment of barrier-free environment requirements during construction;
• control by the author's and technical supervisors over the provision of a barrier-free environment during construction;
• ensuring a barrier-free environment during landscaping;
• elimination of the need to coordinate with neighbours the redevelopment of the flat to create accessibility conditions;
• a separate section in the design and estimate documentation on accessibility;
• participation of social protection authorities in the acceptance of objects to confirm the provision of accessibility for persons with disabilities;
• the obligation to provide at least 5 per cent of flats for persons with disabilities in the planning and construction of residential buildings at the expense of the budget.

On the instructions of the Head of State, from 2022, some categories of citizens on the waiting list, including persons with Group 1 and 2 disabilities and families raising children with disabilities, are subsidised part of the cost of renting housing in the private sector. To date, 9,955 families receive payments, including 854 persons with disabilities of 1 and 2 groups, and 703 families raising children with disabilities," Deputy Minister reported.

Currently, both chambers of the Parliament have approved a draft law, which provides for amendments concerning the provision of the right to privatise previously issued rental housing without buyout for socially vulnerable segments of the population, including families having or bringing up children with disabilities and persons with disabilities of groups 1 and 2. Persons with disabilities of groups 1 and 2 will be able to privatise communal housing free of charge. In addition, the bill provides for the provision of priority right to receive housing, including for families having or raising children with disabilities and persons with disabilities of 1 and 2 groups," Kuandyk Kazhkenov emphasised.