International conference “Institute of Bone Marrow Donation in Kazakhstan: problems and ways to solve them”

December 19, 2023 with the cooperation of the Charitable Foundation named after. Asel Baiseitova (ABF), Kazakh National Medical University. S. Asfandiarov and Al-Farabi Kazakh National University held the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Institute of Bone Marrow Donation in Kazakhstan: problems and ways to solve them.”

One of the objectives of the conference was to discuss the problems of developing bone marrow donation in Kazakhstan, informing the population, youth, professional practitioners, and patients about the development of the institute of bone marrow donation in Kazakhstan and the activities of the ABF Foundation.

The event implements the Sustainable Development Goals - SDG 3 “Health and Well-Being”, SDG 17 “Global Partnership for Development”.

A welcoming speech was made by the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs of KazNMU named after. S.D. Asfendiyarova Zhanna Amantaevna Kalmataeva; Presentation of the Foundation - Candidate of Psychological Sciences Ilmira Ramazanovna Khusainova (Director of the Public Fund "Charity Foundation named after Asel Baiseitova"), General Director of the Design Institute "Promstroyproekt" LLP, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the PF "Charitable Foundation named after Asel Baiseitova" Nurzhan Sattarovich Baiseitov (conference sponsor) ; Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University Bekzhan Berikbaevich Meirbaev, Professor Mayra Pobedovna Kabakova, and others. Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science B.B. Meirbaev emphasized the important humanitarian component of such a movement, the relevance of attracting young people to volunteer activities, including donation and support for people with cancer.

Representatives of the Department of Organization of Medical Care of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan took part in the conference; Department of Health of Almaty; Research and Production Center for Transfusiology of the Ministry of Health; National Register of Donors of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan; representatives of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan; National Guard of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Kazakh Research Institute of Oncology and Radiology (KazNIIOiR, Almaty); Scientific Center of Pediatrics and Children's Surgery (SCPDH, Almaty); Scientific Center of Oncology and Transplantology (CSOT, Astana); National Scientific Center for Motherhood and Childhood (NSCMCD, Astana); Republican Blood Center of Almaty; Institute for Advanced Medical Studies; Russian-Kazakhstan Medical University; Kazakh National Medical University named after. S.D. Asfendiyarov; Kazakh National University named after. al-Farabi; Kazakh National Women's Pedagogical University; medical colleges; representatives of the Tinkov Family Charitable Foundation (Russian Federation), the Kazakhstan Association of Palliative Care (KAPP), Public Foundations - “Amila”, “Together against Cancer” and “Help today”; psychological services of primary health care; oncologists and hematologists; Patients; stakeholders; representatives of the Institute of Hematology of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan; specialists from Germany, Bulgaria, Finland.  

One of the tasks of the ABF Foundation is to assist the Research and Production Center for Transfusiology of the Ministry of Health and the National Register of the Republic of Kazakhstan in solving the problems of the shortage of potential bone marrow donors, in increasing the production capacity of the immunological tissue typing laboratory, which conducts histocompatibility tests, in opening a branch of the laboratory on the basis of the Republican Center blood in Almaty, purchasing the necessary equipment, reagents and training.  

From the Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science, offline participants took part in the conference - Professor M.P. Kabakova, Head of the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies A.D. Kurmanalieva, Head of the Department of General and Applied Psychology A.K. Mynbaeva, deputy head department Z.M. Sadvakasova, online teachers and doctoral students of the Department of Psychology of the Faculty of Philosophy and Psychology.