Resident
Central Asia Field Epidemiology Training Program, Kazakhstan
Saya Gazezova
Central Asia Advanced FETP 2021-2023
Doctor-Epidemiologist
Institution: Scientific and Practical Center of Sanitary-Epidemiologic Expertise and Monitoring, National Center for Public Health, Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan
Ms Gazezova earned a Bachelor’s in general medicine from the Medical University of Semey City, Kazakhstan in 2019. In 2021, she received her qualification for medical practice. In 2021, she was accepted into the Central Asia Advanced FETP in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Since then, she has been working as an epidemiologist in the Infectious and Parasitic Disease Prevention Department of the Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan. She has implemented prevention and control measures for several outbreaks, including food poisonings and Congo-Crimean hemorrhagic fever. She also monitors national vaccination against coronavirus infection and meningococcal disease.
Supported investigations;
•Effects of changing COVID-19 treatment protocols on patient outcomes in four waves of infection in Almaty, 2020-2021.
• Investigation of a food-borne outbreak in Ekibastuz, Pavlodar Region, Republic of Kazakhstan (June 2022)
• Investigation of an outbreak of Congo-Crimean hemorrhagic fever in Kyzylorda region, Republic of Kazakhstan (June 2022)
• Investigation of a food-borne outbreak in Kentau, Turkestan region, Republic of Kazakhstan (October 2022)
• Investigation of an outbreak of healthcare-associated infection in a hospital in Almaty (2022)
• Indicators of inappropriate prescribing of antimicrobial drugs to patients in hospitals in Almaty (2022)
• Sero-epidemiological investigation of SARS-CoV2 among students and faculty of medical universities of Kazakhstan: longitudinal study (2021)
Achieviements: Best Oral Presentation (William H. Foege Award for Excellence in Oral Scientific Presentation): Saya Gazezova, Central Asia FETP: "Salmonella enteriditis outbreak at a wedding event, Kazakhstan, June 2022". EIS conference FIN-2023
The impact that FETP has had on your skills and career track:
• Ms. Gazezova regularly applies the knowledge and experience received in the framework of FETP to her public health work and teaching activities.