Kazakhstan took a leading position in Central Asia in providing care for newborns in 2025. According to a joint report by an international group of experts (WHO, UNICEF, UN, and the World Bank), the neonatal mortality rate (within the first 28 days) in the country was 3.04 per 1,000 live births. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
"This is the best indicator in the region and almost at the level of the United States," the Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan noted.
According to the ministry, domestic neonatologists together with resuscitators care for infants with extremely low body weight – from 500 grams.
"Thanks to modern perinatal technologies and the professionalism of medical workers, the survival rate of such children has increased fourfold in recent years," the Ministry of Health emphasized.
It is noted that during one shift, a nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit performs up to 20 precise manipulations to support the fragile lives of the babies.
"Devices and personnel tirelessly monitor every breath of the tiny unformed organism," the ministry noted.
As reported by the Ministry of Health, last year about 17,000 premature babies were born in Kazakhstan, each of whom received a complex of high-tech medical care.
Earlier, Kursiv wrote that Kazakh doctors fought for more than two months for the life of newborn Aslan Aliyev, who was delivered by a special flight from Thailand in critical condition. During this time, pediatric surgeons eliminated intestinal obstruction, and neonatologists taught the baby to breathe and eat independently. Over two months, Aslan gained more than a kilogram in weight and weighed 2,500 grams upon discharge.
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