Unvaccinated children can be barred from attending educational institutions

The Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan clearly reglementary the right of everyone to education in the country, however, it may limit the visits to schools and other educational uchrezhdeniy for unvaccinated children, as stated by Aizhan Esmagambetova, Director of public policy Department of public health.

'According to the thirty-ninth article of the Constitution, suschetvuet restrictions on access to education for obvious reasons. Vaccination is of course a question about this widely discussed today. Vaccinations are necessary for the health of all children, those who are not vaccinated are vulnerable as they may infect children with any disease. There are those who do not wish to be vaccinated and those who do, the vaccine is prohibited for medical reasons. Our aim is to protect both,' she said.

Now children without vaccinations in the country, there are about 5%, to increase the number of vaccinated health Ministry has proposed banning visits privitymi children to kindergartens and schools.

'We propose to study the issue of prevention in child care, school groups of unvaccinated children' – said last week the Vice-Minister of healthcare of Kazakhstan Lyazat Aktayeva.