Since 2007, on the last Wednesday of October, the National day of abstinence is celebrated in Kazakhstan. Alcohol abuse is a central cause of mortality, health loss and disability of the population in many countries of the world.

In Karaganda this event took place on October 29 in a shopping center under the auspices of the private fund “Zhas Ken”. The purpose of this event was to once again remind the people about the harm of drinking and to show that a healthy lifestyle, sport and an active leisure can be a great alternative to the demon rum. The deputy director of the Regional Drug Rehabilitation Center Alpys Amanzholov addressed to the event participants (the students were traditionally most of them). He told about the harm of alcohol, as well as about the actions taken in our region to decrease alcohol consumption. Sportsmen of Karaganda urged the gathered young people to more actively go in for sport, promoting through personal example the benefits of the healthy lifestyle.

On November 5, the local committee KazMSA(Kazakhstan Medical Students Association) together with the department of psychology, psychiatry and narcology is holding the round table meeting  on  the theme “Medical students’ attitude to alcohol”.

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