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Mobilizing Communities to End the Spread of HIV
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On December 1, we joined the global community in commemorating World AIDS Day. Meet Irina, an HIV peer navigator, from Kazakhstan, who works for a community-based organization that raises awareness about HIV and helps people learn their status and seek treatment.
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Ensuring Kazakhstan’s Uninterrupted Access to Safe Medicines
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“A healthy population is key to a nation’s prosperity and wellbeing. As health specialists, our goal is to serve our country,” says Nadezhda Arhipova, Head of the Karaganda’s Medicines Quality Control Laboratory within an affiliate of the National Center of Expertise of Medicines and Medical Devices in Karaganda oblast. She is passionate about ensuring medicines produced in Kazakhstan are of a high quality so that fellow citizens have access to reliable and safe drugs.
Recruiting for the Future
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When he graduated in 2020 with a degree in economics from Nazarbayev University, Miras Khabibulla had plans to work in finance or management consulting. An internship opportunity in data analytics, however, introduced him to new opportunities and perspectives. “Working for the USAID-sponsored e-commerce project at Magnum changed my plans. I think that ‘Big Data’ is an exciting new area now,” he says.
The Evolution of Microfinance in Kazakhstan
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Natalya Prezhebylskaya was just 11 years old in 1976, when her family moved to Kazakhstan from Russia. She studied to be an appraiser in Astana and earned a bachelor’s degree with honors. In 1999, Natalya joined KMF, a microfinance organization, as a credit analyst. Today, at 56, she is the Head of KMF’s Taldykorgan branch.