Vitamin D deficiency in Kazakhstan: Cross-Sectional study.

Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) is one of the serious and highly debatable public health problems affecting at least one billion of world population. This study objected to evaluate Vitamin D status in adult population of both sexes residing in different geographical areas of Kazakhstan and to elucidate the possible contributing factors related to VDD. This cross-sectional study covered 6 regions of Kazakhstan and applied the systematic random sampling to recruit 1347 healthy adults (of whom 819 were females) with mean age 44 ± 14 years.

Prospective study of home use of mifepristone and misoprostol for medical abortion up to 10weeks of pregnancy in Kazakhstan.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of at-home medical abortion in Kazakhstan.

Methods: A comparative, non-randomized study was undertaken at three clinics in Kazakhstan between October 10, 2013, and November 27, 2014. Women who sought medical abortion and had an intrauterine pregnancy of up to 70days were enrolled.