The disease began to recede

According to the director of the regional center of phthisiopulmonology Baytolla GAZIZOV, 315 tuberculosis patients were registered in the region last year. This figure is 2.4 percent lower than for the same period in 2023.

- The fact is that in the Atyrau region, modern diagnostic methods are used for early detection of tuberculosis in accordance with international standards. All anti-tuberculosis organizations in the region are equipped with innovative technologies, and patients who do not pose a danger to others receive outpatient treatment in polyclinics at their place of residence. In the region, the treatment rate for patients with drug sensitivity was 93.1 percent, - said Baytolla Gazizov.

He noted that for 10 years now, by decision of the local maslikhat, patients receiving outpatient treatment have been paid social assistance in the amount of 10 monthly calculation indices. Last year, 764 residents received it.

“Over the past ten years, the incidence of tuberculosis in the region has decreased by 1.7 times, and mortality by 2.6 times,” concluded Gazizov.

Let us add that for a long time the Atyrau region was among the leaders in this disease.

Nadezhda SHUMILINA, photo by Vladimir ZAIKIN, Atyrau