Scholars from the Centre for Life Sciences (CLS) National Laboratory Astana at NU will hold courses for 24 professionals from eight countries on issues of epidemiology, biomedicine and public health. Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister YerzhanAshikbayev greeted the participants on the opening day, wishing them successful training and highlighting his nation’s commitment to assist with the development goals of African countries. The specialists are from Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Swaziland, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.

The CLS scientists will use the seminar to provide an intensive training programme and exchange expertise in the three fields in accordance with modern requirements of global healthcare.

“This is a joint project of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Kazakhstan. It was decided to organise several seminars and to dedicate one of them to medicine. […] We will share the experience of Kazakh scientists. The programme will have several parts: the first one is methodological; the second part is visiting different laboratories and the last part is to learn about the work of hospitals in the city,” said AdilSupiyev, head of the CLS laboratory of epidemiology and public health.

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